TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal helminths of the masked shrew, Sorex cinereus, from Pennsylvania
AU - Kinsella, John M.
AU - Vandegrift, Kurt
AU - Grant, Lauren K.
AU - Bozick, Brooke A.
AU - Hudson, Peter John
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Eight helminth species (6 cestodes, 2 nematodes) were recovered from 30 masked shrews, Sorex cinereus (Mammalia: Soricidae), collected from the Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest, Centre County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. All hosts were infected with at least 1 helminth, and species richness ranged from 1 to 6 (mean 3.6). All 8 helminths were new geographic records for Pennsylvania, and 3 tapeworms (Lineolepis lineola, Staphylocystoides serrula, Soricinia pulchra) were new host records for S. cinereus. There appears to be little evidence of host specificity among tapeworms within Sorex spp. in North America, although no species are shared with Blarina spp.
AB - Eight helminth species (6 cestodes, 2 nematodes) were recovered from 30 masked shrews, Sorex cinereus (Mammalia: Soricidae), collected from the Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest, Centre County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. All hosts were infected with at least 1 helminth, and species richness ranged from 1 to 6 (mean 3.6). All 8 helminths were new geographic records for Pennsylvania, and 3 tapeworms (Lineolepis lineola, Staphylocystoides serrula, Soricinia pulchra) were new host records for S. cinereus. There appears to be little evidence of host specificity among tapeworms within Sorex spp. in North America, although no species are shared with Blarina spp.
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U2 - 10.1654/4305.1
DO - 10.1654/4305.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:39149094632
SN - 1525-2647
VL - 75
SP - 141
EP - 144
JO - Comparative Parasitology
JF - Comparative Parasitology
IS - 1
ER -