| gizzard spirurid nematode acuaria skrjabini in japanese tree sparrows and a gray starling from tokyo. | gastrointestinal helminths were collected from 49 japanese tree sparrows (passer montanus saturatus) in tokyo, japan. in 16 sparrows, 1-9 (average, 3.5) gizzard spirurid nematodes (acuaria skrjabini ozerskaya, 1926) were found embedded in the mucosa of the gizzard. in addition, capillaria sp., platynosomum passeri yamashita et tsumura, 1962, and a hymenolepidid cestode were collected from 1, 2, and 1 sparrows, respectively. a sexually mature a. skrjabini female and 3 males were found also in a y ... | 2005 | 15997189 |