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Article: Report summarizes parasitology study findings from Chadron State College, State College.
- Article from:
- Science Letter
- Article date:
- August 19, 2008
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"Between December 2002 and June 2004, 10 marbled salamanders, Ambystoma opacum, were examined for coccidian parasites. Salamanders were collected in Bradley (n= 2), Little River (n = 1), Miller (n = 1), and Sevier (n 1) Counties, Arkansas; Webster Parish, Louisiana (n = 2); and Bowie (n = 1) and Nacogdoches (n 2) Counties, Texas," scientists in the United States report (see also Parasitology).
"Two of 10 (20%) A. opacum from Louisiana harbored an undescribed species of Eimeria. Oocysts of Eimeria trauthi n. sp. were ellipsoidal, 36.6 X 33.1 (33-40 X 29-37) mu m, with a thin, single-layered wall; shape index 1. 1. Polar granute(s) and micropyle were absent. Oocyst ...