| the parasite fauna of the american alligator (alligator mississippiensis) in south carolina. | twelve american alligators (alligator mississippiensis) were obtained from three different areas of south carolina. one species of pentastome (sebekia oxycephala), two species of nematodes (dujardinascaris waltoni and multicaecum tenuicolle), four species of trematodes (polycotyle ornata, acanthostomum coronarium, archaeodiplostomum acetabulatum and pseudocrocodilicola americaniense) and one species of hemogregarine (haemogregarina crocodilnorum) were recovered. polycotyle ornata was observed on ... | 1978 | 739582 |
| nematodes collected by gastric lavage from live american alligators, alligator mississippiensis, in florida. | stomach nematodes were collected from 151 live american alligators, alligator mississippiensis, from 3 lakes (apopka, griffin, and woodruff) in north-central florida using a gastric lavage technique. four species were identified: dujardinascaris waltoni, ortleppascaris antipini, brevimulticaecum tenuicolle, and larvae of contracaecum sp. of these, d. waltoni was the most prevalent species in all 3 lakes and was more prevalent in lake apopka than in the other 2 lakes. this is the first record of ... | 2009 | 19281296 |
| gastric nematode diversity between estuarine and inland freshwater populations of the american alligator (alligator mississippiensis, daudin 1802), and the prediction of intermediate hosts. | we examined the variation of stomach nematode intensity and species richness of alligator mississippiensis from coastal estuarine and inland freshwater habitats in florida and georgia, and integrated prey content data to predict possible intermediate hosts. nematode parasitism within inland freshwater inhabiting populations was found to have a higher intensity and species richness than those inhabiting coastal estuarine systems. this pattern potentially correlates with the difference and diversi ... | 2014 | 25426417 |