Mite-Filled Cyst on a Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) in Florida, USA

Marilyn G. Spalding; James W. Mertins; Matthew J. Reetz; Kandy L. Keacher; Michael L. Avery; Ellis C. Greiner

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1279

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Marilyn G. Spalding,^1,* James W. Mertins,² Matthew J. Reetz,^3,4 Kandy L. Keacher,⁵ Michael L. Avery,⁵ Ellis C. Greiner¹

¹1 Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Flo
²2 US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Nat
³3 Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, PO Box 110430, Gainesville
⁴5 Current address: Department of Biology, Franklin College, 101 Branigin Blvd., Franklin, Indiana 46
⁵4 US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Natio

^* Corresponding author (email: SpaldingM@vetmed.ufl.edu)

Abstract

A large, partly pedunculated mass on the scapular area of a wild-caught captive Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) consisted of a multiloculated keratin cyst inhabited by a new species of harpirhynchid mite (Harpirhynchus quasimodo). The mass did not interfere with flight or behavior. This is the first record of such an infestation of cowbirds in Florida.

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Marilyn G. Spalding, James W. Mertins, Matthew J. Reetz, Kandy L. Keacher, Michael L. Avery, and Ellis C. Greiner "Mite-Filled Cyst on a Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) in Florida, USA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(4), 1279-1285, (1 October 2010). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1279

Received: 10 January 2010; Accepted: 1 May 2010; Published: 1 October 2010

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