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184 COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, 68(2), JULY 2001 in W. R. Davidson, F. A. Hayes, V. F. Nettles, and F. E. Kellogg, eds. Diseases and Parasites of White-Tailed Deer. Miscellaneous Publication no. 7, Tall Timbers Research Station. Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. 458 pp. , A. K. Prestwood, and R. D. Smith. 1977. Cerebrospinal parelaphostrongylosis in fallow deer. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 13:440-444. Pike, A. 1969. A revision of the genus Ashworthius Le Roux, 1930 (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae). Journal of Helminthology 43:135-144. Rausch, R. L. 1981. Morphological and biological characteristics of Taenia rileyi Loewen, 1929 (Cestoda: Taeniidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 59:653-666. , C. Maser, and E. P. Hoberg. 1983. Gastrointestinal helminths of the cougar, Felis concolor L., in northeastern Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 19:14-19. Reid, F. A. 1997. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. 334 pp. Rickard, L. G., B. B. Smith, E. J. Gentz, A. A. Frank, E. G. Pearson, L. L. Walker, and M. J. Pybus. 1994. Experimentally induced meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tennis) infection in the llama (Lama glama): clinical evaluation and implications for parasite translocation. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 25:390-402. Samuel, W. M., E. R. Grinnell, and A. J. Kennedy. 1980. Ectoparasites (Mallophaga, Anoplura, Acari) on mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, and whitetailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Medical Entomology 17:15- 17. , M. J. Pybus, D. A. Welch, and C. J. Wilke. 1992. Elk as a potential host for meningeal worm: Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington implications for translocation. Journal of Wildlife Management 56:629-639. -, and D. O. Trainer. 1970. Amblyomma (Ac- arina: Ixodidae) on white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann), from South Texas with implications for theileriasis. Journal of Medical Entomology 7:567-574. Sey, O. 1991. CRC Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A. 480 pp. Smith, J. S. 1977. A survey of ticks infesting whitetailed deer in 12 southeastern states. M.S. Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. 61 pp. Strickland, R. K., R. R. Gerrish, J. L. Hourrigan, and G. O. Schubert. 1976. Ticks of Veterinary Importance. USD A, APHIS Handbook No. 485. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington. D.C., U.S.A. 122 pp. , , and J. S. Smith. 1981. Arthropods. Pages 363-389 in W. R. Davidson, F. A. Hayes, V. F. Nettles, and F. E. Kellogg, eds. Diseases and Parasites of White-Tailed deer. Miscellaneous Publication no. 7, Tall Timbers Research Station. Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. 458 pp. Tonn, R. J., G. M. Kohls, and K. Arnold. 1963. Ectoparasites of birds and mammals of Costa Rica. 2. Ticks. Revista de Biologia Tropical 11: 217-220. Walker, M. L., and W. W. Becklund. 1970. Checklist of the internal and external parasites of deer, Odocoileus hemionus and O. virginianus, in the United States and Canada. Special Publication No. 1, Index Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 45 pp. Whitehead, G. K. 1972. Deer of the World. Constable and Company, London, U.K. 194 pp.
Comp. Parasitol. 68(2), 2001, pp. 185-189 Cepedietta michiganensis (Protozoa) and Batracholandros magnavulvaris (Nematoda) from Plethodontid Salamanders in West Virginia, U.S.A. JAMES E. JOY' AND ROBERT B. TUCKER Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia 25755, U.S.A. (e-mail: joy@marshall.edu) ABSTRACT: The gastrointestinal tracts of 38 plethodontid salamanders (25 Plethodon punctatus and 13 Plethodon wehrlei), collected at high elevation sites in Pendleton and Randolph counties, West Virginia, U.S.A., were examined for parasites in 1996. Sixty percent of P. punctatus and 23% of P. wehrlei were infected by the ciliate Cepedietta michiganensis, while prevalences of the nematode Batracholandros magnavulvaris were 52% and 30% for P. punctatus and P. wehrlei, respectively. Mean intensities were 3.4 nematodes per infected host for P. punctatus and 4.0 for P. wehrlei. Only 2 of 61 B. magnavulvaris collected were males. This is the first report of parasites from these plethodontid species and the first record of C. michiganensis from West Virginia. KEY WORDS: Batracholandros magnavulvaris, Cepedietta michiganensis, Plethodon punctatus, Plethodon wehrlei, Ciliata, Nematoda, West Virginia, U.S.A. The Cow Knob salamander, Plethodon punctatus Highton, 1972, is a large plethodontid salamander known only from higher elevations (>730 m) of the Shenandoah and Great North mountains in Augusta, Rockingham, and Shenandoah counties of Virginia (Buhlmann et al., 1988; Conant and Collins, 1991). The range of this rare species in West Virginia is restricted to higher elevations (>730 m) of Hardy and Pendleton counties in the eastern panhandle. All 25 P. punctatus examined for this study were collected on Shenandoah Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, from June through August 1996, under a permit granted by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) and written permission from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wehrle's salamander, Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn, 1917, is considered a near sibling of P. punctatus, and has been recorded from a wide range of elevations in 28 of West Virginia's 55 counties (Green and Pauley, 1987). The geographic range of P. wehrlei extends from southwestern New York to northwestern North Carolina (Conant and Collins, 1991). All 13 P. wehrlei individuals used in this study were collected from Shaver's Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia, from May through August 1996, under a permit from the WVDNR. The original purpose of collecting these plethodontid species was to obtain reproductive and Corresponding author. 185 ecological data for use in forest and wildlife management plans. Because there are no published reports of parasites from either species, these collections also offered the opportunity to examine them for parasites. Materials and Methods All salamanders were anesthetized in Chloretone® within 48 hr of collection. Snout-to-vent lengths (SVL) were measured with vernier calipers to the nearest 0.1 mm. Salamanders were killed by decapitation, sexed, and the small and large intestines were removed for examination. The SVL for P. punctatus (ft/mean in mm ± 1 SD) was 18/63.8 ± 6.9 for males and 7/65.3 ± 7.9 for females. Because the difference in mean SVL for males versus females was not significant (£0.05,23 = 0.469), individuals of both host sexes were combined to calculate prevalence of ciliate infection and prevalence and mean intensity of nematode infection. The SVL for P. wehrlei (/z/mean in mm ± 1 SD) was 6/ 59.8 ± 9.3 for males and 7/59.9 ± 11.7 for females. Again the difference in mean SVL for males versus females was not significant (?oo5,ii = 0.017), and the data for both host sexes were combined for calculations of prevalence and mean intensity. During necropsy it was evident that both salamander species harbored astomatous ciliates and nematodes. Whole mounts of these ciliates and nematodes were prepared by staining in Semichon's acetic carmine, dehydrating in an ethanol series, clearing in xylene, and mounting in Permount®. Voucher specimens have been deposited in the U.S. National Parasite Collection, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, U.S.A., under accession numbers USNPC 89838 (Cepedietta michiganensis) and USNPC 89839 (Batracholandros magnavulvaris). Results The astomatous ciliate, C. michiganensis (Woodhead, 1928) Corliss, de Puytorac, and Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington
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