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  <dc:contributor>M. G. Bolek</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Rebecca A. Cole</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Val R. Beasley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Anna M. Schotthoefer</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2009</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Twenty-two mink frogs,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Rana septentrionalis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, collected from two locations in Minnesota, United States, were examined for helminth and protozoan blood parasites in July 1999. A total of 16 parasite taxa were recovered including 5 larval digenean trematodes, 7 adult digenean trematodes, 3 nematodes, and 1&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Trypanosoma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;species. Infracommunities were dominated by the digeneans in terms of richness and abundance. In particular, echinostomatid metacercariae in the kidneys of frogs were the most common parasites found, infecting 100% of the frogs and consisting of about 90% of all helminth individuals recovered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Gorgodera amplicava&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Gorgoderina multilobata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Haematoloechus parviplexus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Haematoloechus breviplexus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Cosmocercoides dukae&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="genus-species"&gt;Oswaldocruzia pipiens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;represent new host records. The survey presented here represents the second known helminth survey of mink frogs conducted in North America. A summary of metazoan parasites reported from mink frogs is included.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1654/4353.1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Helminthological Society of Washington</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Parasites of the mink frog (Rana septentrionalis) from Minnesota, U.S.A.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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