| morphologic and molecular identifications of digenetic trematodes in double-crested cormorants (phalacrocorax auritus) from the mississippi delta, usa. | increasing numbers of double-crested cormorants (phalacrocorax auritus) in the mississippi river delta, usa, have been observed over the past few decades. this piscivorous bird is a definitive host for numerous digenetic trematodes, some of which may cause pathology in a fish host. we conducted a 2-yr survey of intestinal trematodes in 35 double-crested cormorants collected in the mississippi delta. we counted gastrointestinal trematodes, identified them to species using morphometric and molecul ... | 2014 | 24171572 |
| characterization of the life cycle of a fish eye fluke, austrodiplostomum ostrowskiae (digenea: diplostomidae), with notes on two other diplostomids infecting biomphalaria havanensis (mollusca: planorbidae) from catfish aquaculture ponds in mississippi, usa. | ocular diplostomiasis is caused by trematode species in the family diplostomidae, specifically those in the genera austrodiplostomum, diplostomum, and tylodelphys. diplostomid trematodes are globally distributed parasites of fish. heavy infections of diplostomids that parasitize the eyes of fish can result in acute mortality while chronic infections are often characterized by impaired vision or blindness. in the southeastern united states, commercial catfish production is threatened by piscivoro ... | 2016 | 26741049 |