dipetalonema from the eye of a man in oregon, u.s.a. a case report. | a 21-mm filarial worm appeared suddenly in the anterior chamber of the right eye of a 32-year-old man in western oregon. by a simultaneous irrigation-aspiration procedure, it was removed alive and only slightly damaged and was identified as a female dipetalonema in the fourth stage of development. it was the third such case to be reported from western oregon. in this and one other case the worms were morphologically similar to adult worms identified as dipetalonema arbuta highby 1943 from the bo ... | 1980 | 7189968 |
cylicospirura species (nematoda: spirocercidae) and stomach nodules in cougars (puma concolor) and bobcats (lynx rufus) in oregon. | the stomachs and proximal duodena of 160 cougars (puma concolor) and 17 bobcats (lynx rufus), obtained throughout oregon during 7 yr, were examined for cylicospirura spp. and associated lesions. prevalence in cougars was 73%, with a range in intensity of 1-562 worms. the mean diameter of nodules was 1.2 cm (sd=0.5), and many extended through the submucosa to the muscularis. about 83% of cougars had nodules; most nodules contained worms, but 14% of the smaller nodules (<0.2 cm) contained porcupin ... | 2011 | 21270003 |
monoecocestus thomasi sp. n. (cestoda: anoplocephalidae) from the northern flying squirrel, glaucomys sabrinus (shaw), in oregon. | monoecocestus thomasi sp. n. (cestoda: anoplocephalidae), from the northern flying squirrel, glaucomys sabrinus (shaw), in oregon, is described and distinguished from its congeners. monoecocestus thomasi is the sixth species of monoecocestus to be described from nearctic rodents, and the first from a member of the family sciuridae. our comparisons of taxonomic characters of the nominal species of monoecocestus in north american rodents have shown that m. giganticus buhler 1970 is a synonym of m. ... | 1977 | 915607 |