| gastrointestinal parasites of the eastern cottontail (sylvilagus floridanus) in central pennsylvania. | during a 3 year period, 186 eastern cottontails (sylvilagus floridanus) were trapped from two areas and examined for helminth and protozoan parasites. fecal samples from 139 were evaluated for coccidia and helminth ova. nine species of coccictia were identified: eimera audubonii, e. azul, e. environ, e. honessi, e. maior, e.minima, e. neoirresidua, e. neoleporis, and e. sylvilagi. ova from 5 helminth species were found: cittotaenia sp., hastilesia tricolor, passalurus sp., a trichostrongyle-type ... | 1980 | 7463607 |