Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-l7hp2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-25T12:39:21.131Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Studies on Parasites of the Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin) from South Eastern England

I.—Helminth Parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. N. Oldham
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Royal Veterinary College, London, N.W.1

Extract

The widespread distribution in Britain of the grey squirrel prompted an investigation of the parasite fauna of this rodent to find if it was capable of acting as a disseminator of parasites to other mammals or birds, particularly domesticated ones.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Baylis, H. A., 1934.—“XV. Miscellaneous notes on parasitic worms.Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 13 (74), 223228. (W.L. 1050).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Baylis, H. A., 1939.—“XXXVIII. Further records of parasitic worms from British vertebrates.” Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 4 (23), 473498.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cameron, T. W. M. and Parnell, I. W., 1933.—“X. The internal parasites of land mammals in Scotland”. Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinb., 22 (3), 133154. (W.L. 16888).Google Scholar
Leiper, J. W. G., 1937.—“Natural Helminthiasis of the goat involving infection with Trichostrongylus retortaeformis of the rabbit.Vet. Rec., 49 (45), 14111412. (W.L. 22523).Google Scholar
Leiper, J. W. G., and Clapham, P. A., 1938.—“Some nematode parasites found in Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis), with a description of Trichostrongylus cervarius n.sp.J. Helminth., 16 (2), 7782. (W.L. 11224c)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mönnig, H. O., 1934.—Veterinary Helminthology and Entomology. London. 1st Edition, p. 127.Google Scholar
Nagaty, H. F., 1932.—“The genus Trichostrongylus Looss, 1905.Ann. trop. Med. Parasit., 26 (4), 457518. (W.L. 1063).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rausch, R. and Tiner, J. D., 1948.—“Studies on the parasitic helminths of the North Central States. I. Helminths of Sciuridae. Amer. Midi. Nat., 39 (3), 728747. (W.L. 640).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sloan, J. E. N., 1951.—“A note on the occurrence of Trichostrongylus retor taeformis in the Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra).Proc. zool. Soc Lond., 121, 723725. (W.L. 16969b).CrossRefGoogle Scholar