| blood parasites of blue grouse (dendragapus obscurus) in western north america. | three hundred thirty-three blue grouse (dendragapus obscurus) were examined for blood parasites from 11 sites: southern yukon territory, southeast coastal alaska, northern and central interior british columbia, south coastal british columbia, northcentral washington, southcentral oregon, northwestern california, eastcentral nevada, northwestern colorado, and westcentral montana. three species of protozoan parasites (leucocytozoon lovati, haemoproteus mansoni, trypanosoma avium) and a splendidofi ... | 1991 | 1920670 |
| two new species of coccidia, eimeria leucuri and e. oreoecetes (protozoa: eimeriidae), in grouse from colorado. | eimeria leucuri is described from white-tailed ptarmigan (lagopus leucurus), and e. oreoecetes from white-tailed ptarmigan and blue grouse (dendragapus obscurus) from colorado. oocysts of e. leucuri are ellipsoidal, 26.6 by 17.7 micron, each bearing a micropyle, micropyle cap, up to 4 polar granules, but no oocyst residuum. the lemon-shaped sporocysts are 15.4 by 6.7 micron, and have stieda bodies and large amounts of sporocyst residuum. the sporocyst contents are enclosed in a membrane. oocysts ... | 1979 | 448611 |