| endocotyle bushi (trematoda: microphallidae) from willets, catoptrophorus semipalmatus from galveston, texas. | during a study of digenea of shorebirds from galveston, texas, 30% (30 of 99) of willets, catoptrophorus semipalmatus (charadriiformes), were found to be infected with 55-405 endocotyle bushi per infected host. although the specimens from texas generally agree with e. bushi from florida, specimens from texas are less elongated, have a more triangular to heart-shaped ovary, have slightly larger eggs, and have a smaller seminal vesicle. | 1998 | 9920330 |
| helminth parasites of the western willet, tringa semipalmata inornata, from montana and texas with a checklist of helminth parasites. | in total, 26 western willets, tringa semipalmata inornata , were examined for helminth parasites, including 8 spring migrating hosts from the chihuahua desert, rio grande valley, texas, and 18 post-breeding hosts from east central montana. sixteen species of helminth parasites were present in component communities for both spring migrants and post-breeding birds. there were 9 species of trematodes, 2 cestodes, and 5 of nematodes, with a total of 1,593 individual specimens (x = 99.6, ±se = 57.9, ... | 2012 | 21812643 |