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Illinois
950
Eulais americana
191
Feb 1 Univ. Calif Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
Xc, ♂, no flukes or nematodes. Syringis in Bonins, leg, wing, cloaca + bill saved.
Fat layer under skin, in generally
good shape, ♀/♂ weight 5/8 grams, ♂,
1 fluke in nasal area, 2 in [illegible]
syringeal area, nematode ulcer in
geizzard. Bursa white flabby, 42 mm
long. Syringis small. Fat under skin
and lots of fat around intestines.
♀/♂- weight 491 grams, 1 ♀ fluke
in nasal area, many (25-30) mites in
nasal passages, no flukes in body
cavity, nematode ulcer present in
menal place. Syringis small as for
males. guts saved for parasite
examination, tests not saved, cloaca
saved, narrow pin like 32 mm long.
All the nematode ulcers are
alike, a blood colored "scab" of the
gizzard lining with little reddish
worm burrows radiating out from
it, generally about 20 mm from the
pyloris. Often the ulcers are 10 mm
or more across, with the bulk of the
worms under the "scab". A few are
out in the burrows working in the
mucosa, and those are particularly
difficult to remove.
Feb 2 Same locality - 6/10-weight 463 after
being without food or water for nearly
24 hours. Frontal shield 45S,
bursa 26 mm, gray, flabby, 3
flukes in nasal passages. Nematode