| bothriocephalus acheilognathi and other intestinal helminths of cyprinella lutrensis in deep creek, kansas. | we investigated the intestinal parasites of a wild fish population in a kansas stream to determine the prevalence and abundance of potentially harmful parasites. in total, 180 red shiners (cyprinella lutrensis) were collected from 6 sites in october-november 2007. fifteen asian tapeworms (bothriocephalus acheilognathi) were recovered from 13 fish (prevalence of 7.2%). prevalence did not differ among sites; however, b. acheilognathi abundance was greatest at the site of a public fishing area. a t ... | 2009 | 19366281 |