| observations on the seasonal prevalence, pathology and transmission of dracunculus insignis (nematoda: dracunculoidea) in the raccoon (procyon lotor (l.) in ontario. | lesions due to dracunculus insignis in the legs of raccoons (procyon lotor) in southern ontario occur seasonally as most larvigerous females emerge in the spring and early summer (april-june). the pathology of dracunculiasis in the raccoon is described and the transmission of the parasite in the wild is discussed with respect to seasonality and local agricultural practices. crayfish, fishes and frogs (including tadpoles) were given infective third-stage larvae of d. insignis to test their suitab ... | 1977 | 144196 |
| nongastrointestinal helminths in marten (martes americana) from ontario, canada. | six species of nongastrointestinal nematodes were recovered from 405 marten, (martes americana), examined from six areas in ontario, canada in 1992 to 1993. three species (crenosoma petrowi, eucoleus aerophilus, filaroides martis) were found in the respiratory tract, one in the urinary bladder (pearsonema plica), one in the kidney (dioctophyme renale), and one in the musculature (trichinella sp. larvae). this is the first report of f. martis and p. plica from this host. in addition a specimen of ... | 1995 | 8592385 |