Transmission of Haemogregarina balli From Painted Turtles to Snapping Turtles Through the Leech Placobdella ornata

Mark E. Siddall; Sherwin S. Desser

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1217:TOHBFP]2.0.CO;2

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Mark E. Siddall,¹ Sherwin S. Desser²

¹American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024
²Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G5

Abstract

Six leeches (Placobdella ornata) were allowed to feed on a painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) infected with Haemogregarina balli and subjected to a period of diapause before being allowed to feed on 2 laboratory-reared snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Weekly examination of thin blood films revealed infections of the turtles at 130 days postfeeding. These observations provide support for broad host specificity of hemogregarine parasites of chelonians.

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Mark E. Siddall and Sherwin S. Desser "Transmission of Haemogregarina balli From Painted Turtles to Snapping Turtles Through the Leech Placobdella ornata," Journal of Parasitology 87(5), 1217-1218, (1 October 2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1217:TOHBFP]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 October 2001

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