Parasites Associated with Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchill) from Ames, Iowa

Authors

Glenn E. Kietzmann, Iowa State University
Ellen A. Kietzmann, Iowa State University

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, parasites, Iowa

Abstract

A total of 19, thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) were examined for parasites from two locations in Ames, Iowa. Parasites found and their respective prevalence included Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (47.4%), an unidentified non-parasitic mesostigmatic mite (21.1 %), Ixodes sculptus (52.6%), Opisocrostis bruneri (26. 3%), a skin bot believed to be Cuterebra sp. (5.3%), Monocystis sp. (18.8%), Eimeria citelli, (81.3%) and E. bilamellata (18.8%). Helminths were not found, nor were antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii.

Publication Date

March 1987

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

94

Issue

1

First Page

22

Last Page

23

Copyright

©1987 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Kietzmann, Glenn E. and Kietzmann, Ellen A. (1987) "Parasites Associated with Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchill) from Ames, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 94(1), 22-23.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol94/iss1/6