Metroliasthes lucida in the Eastern Wild Turkey from Rhode Island

Zuhair S. Amr; Kerwin E. Hyland; James E. Myers

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-24.3.572

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1 July 1988 Metroliasthes lucida in the Eastern Wild Turkey from Rhode Island

Zuhair S. Amr, Kerwin E. Hyland, James E. Myers

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 24(3):572-573 (1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.3.572

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The cestode, Metroliasthes lucida, is reported for the first time from the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in Rhode Island, United States; this is the first published record from New England. One of eight birds examined was infected with 10 cestodes.

Amr, Hyland, and Myers: Metroliasthes lucida in the Eastern Wild Turkey from Rhode Island

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Zuhair S. Amr, Kerwin E. Hyland, and James E. Myers "Metroliasthes lucida in the Eastern Wild Turkey from Rhode Island," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24(3), 572-573, (1 July 1988). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-24.3.572

Received: 13 May 1987; Published: 1 July 1988

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