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1 July 1970 Incidence and Effects of Botfly Parasitism in the Eastern Chipmunk
TED D. McKINNEY, JOHN J. CHRISTIAN
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Abstract

Comparison of bot-infested and bot-free chipmunks collected during 1966–1969 revealed no significant differences in rate of infestation among sex-age classes. Splenomegaly and thymic involution were associated with bot infestation, and adrenal weights were greater in bot-infested adult females. Parasitized animals of all sex-age classes tended to be larger than non-parasitized individuals, and reproductive organs were heavier in infested adults of both sexes. Evidence of bot-induced mortality was not found, but results indicate the possibility of differential loss of bot-infested animals from the population.

McKINNEY and CHRISTIAN: Incidence and Effects of Botfly Parasitism in the Eastern Chipmunk 1
TED D. McKINNEY and JOHN J. CHRISTIAN "Incidence and Effects of Botfly Parasitism in the Eastern Chipmunk ," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 6(3), 140-143, (1 July 1970). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-6.3.140
Received: 27 February 1970; Published: 1 July 1970
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