A merganser die-off associated with larval eustrongylides
Avian Diseases
By: L. N. Locke, J.B. DeWitt, C. M. Menzie, and J.A. Kerwin
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Abstract
A die-off of red-breasted mergansers on Lake Holly, Virginia Beach, Virginia, was found to be due to a larval Eustrongylides. Massive tissue destruction and hemorrhage was produced by the migration of the larval Eustrongylides. Earlier stages of the same Eustrongylides were found in eastern mosquitofish and silversides upon which the mergansers had been feeding. In addition, residues of DDT were found in mosquitofish, gizzard shad, and five mergansers collected from Lake Holly, and in the tissues of two mergansers from Back Bay, Virginia. However, the information available was insufficient to establish the significance of these residue levels.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A merganser die-off associated with larval eustrongylides |
| Series title | Avian Diseases |
| DOI | 10.2307/1587973 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1964 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association of Avian Pathologists |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 420 |
| Last page | 427 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| City | Virginia Beach |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Holly |
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