Two Florida snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus, Say) collected in August and December 1993 from Osceola County (28°15′N, 81°17′W) and Glades County (26°45′N, 81°10′W), Florida (USA), respectively, were infected with Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae); this parasite has not been reported previously from birds in the United States. One bird, a fledgling female, harbored 270 specimens of B. variolaris; the helminths caused airsacculitis and bronchitis, possible contributing factors in the death of this bird. The other bird, a subadult female, was infected with 40 trematodes and had gross and microscopic lesions consistent with trauma as the cause of death.
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1 October 1995
Bothrigaster variolaris (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) Infection in Two Florida Snail Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)
R. A. Cole,
N. J. Thomas,
C. L. Roderick
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 31 • No. 4
October 1995
Vol. 31 • No. 4
October 1995
Bothrigaster variolaris
pathology
raptor
Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus
Snail Kite
trematodes