Survey of coccidial oocysts and parasite eggs in feces of free-ranging Grus japonensis |
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Authors: | Sarashina Takao Uzuka Yuji Tanabe Shigeyuki Oku Yuzaburo Watanabe Yuki Kurosawa Nobumichi Nishimura Masakazu |
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Institution: | School of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Fecal survey of Eimeria oocysts and parasite eggs was conducted for 219 fecal samples of free-ranging Grus japonensis in Kushiro district in Hokkaido in April 2003. Positive rate and mean oocysts (or eggs) per gram in positive samples were 26% (57/219) and 8.8 (0.2-136) in oocysts of Eimeria reichenowi, 18.3% (40/219) and 320 (100-1,000) in trematode eggs, 0.1% (2/219) and 0.2 (0.2-0.3) in eggs of Nematoda A, and 4.1% (9/219) and 0.8 (0.2-3.6) in eggs of Nematoda B, respectively. |
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