Tapeworm bolus expelled from New Zealand variable oystercatchers (Haematopus unicolor) during handling: first record of this phenomenon in wild birds, and a global checklist of Haematopus cestode parasites

On two occasions in November and December 2009, whilst being captured and handled for banding in Tasman Bay, New Zealand, two variable oystercatchers ( Haematopus unicolor Forster, 1844) voided a number of cestode strobilae from their cloaca. Their morphology indicates that they belong to the family...

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Veröffentlicht in:Parasitology research (1987) 2012-12, Vol.111 (6), p.2455-2460
Hauptverfasser: Presswell, B., Melville, D. S., Randhawa, H. S.
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