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Welleri
1950
Fulica americana 189
Jan 31 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
Nematode in an ulcer in the gizzard in usual place. Usual parts except syrinx saved. ♂- testes in Bursa - the duodenum of all the birds, except 34, that have been killed in the past 4 days, have been worked over for helminths. [illegible], no flukes found, extensive area of nematode ulcer in gizzard in usual location. Testes in Bursa, bursa present but not probed. Usual parts saved. ♀ P- /fluke in nasal area, 1 in thoracic area, ♀ usual nematode ulcer in gizzard.
Usual parts saved. Bursa white, long and narrow - 32 mm probed. W# - 5 flukes on one side in nasal sinuses, 3 flukes in membranes about heart, at least 4 different looking flukes found in mesenteries of gut - there last four look somewhat like the nasal flukes but are white while the nasal ones are orange. Usual nematode infection present. Cloaca, ovary, bill, wing & leg saved. Syrinx enlarged as is typical for ♀♀.
B#1LB - 1 fluke found in body cavity just anterior to testis. Some date deals in proventriculus, whole structure quite vascular - the works fixed in Zenkers. Nematode ulcer in usual place. Gut saved for further exam. Bursa very slender, broken in removal figured to be about 25 mm long. Old tag on [illegible] replaced with newest