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  <dc:contributor>J. W. Carpenter</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>D.R. Blankinship</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Donald J. Forrester</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1978</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Coccidial oocysts were observed in 6 of 19 fecal samples from free-ranging whooping cranes (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Grus americana&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) and 4 of 16 samples from captive whooping cranes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eimeria gruis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;occurred in four free-ranging whooping cranes and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;E. reichenowi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;in two free-ranging and two captive whooping cranes. Fecal samples from two captive cranes contained oocysts of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;lsospora lacazei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;which was considered a spurious parasite. Oocysts of both species of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eimeria&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were prevalent in fecal samples collected from three free-ranging Canadian sandhill cranes (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;G. canadensis rowani&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) from whooping crane wintering grounds in Texas. These coccidia were prevalent also in fecal samples from 14 sandhill cranes (of 4 subspecies) maintained in captivity at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.24</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wildlife Disease Association</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Coccidia of whooping cranes</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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