Helminth Parasites of Birds and Mammals in Western Massachusetts

Efficacy of a Single Topical Application of Advantage Multi® (= Advocate®) Topical Solution (10% Imidocloprid + 2.5% Moxidectin) in the Treatment of Dogs Experimentally Infected with Crenosoma vulpis

“…The geographical distribution of C. vulpis in North America appears to be mainly in the northeastern portion of the continent. Infection in wild or domestic canids has been reported in the USA (Illinois, Massachusetts, New York) and Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland-Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec) (Bihr and Conboy 1999;Craig and Anderson 1972;Goble and Cook 1942;Lalonde et al 2005;Nelson et al 2007;Rankin 1946;Smith 1978;Smith and Threlfall 1973). There is only one endemic focus in North America reported outside this northeastern region, occurring on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska (Rausch et al 1990).…”

Metazoan Endoparasites of the Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus from New Mexico

“…from gray foxes in Massachusetts. Rankin (1946) found T. pisiformis in a single gray fox from Massachusetts. reported T. pisiformis (58%) and a Taenia sp.…”

“…This is the first report of this trematode in the gray fox. Other trematodes from the gray fox include Alaria americana (Walton, 1949) from southern Illinois by Dyer and Klimstra (1982) and from South Carolina by Davidson et al (1992); Alaria canis La Rue and Fallis, 1934 from Minnesota by ; Alaria marcianae (La Rue, 1917) from Florida by Conti (1984) and Forrester (1992); Alaria arisaemoides Agustine and Uribe 1927; Alaria intermedia (Oliver and Odlaug, 1938) from Massachusetts by Rankin (1946); Paragonimus kellicotti Ward, 1908 from West Virginia by Davidson et al (1992a); A. canis, Procyotrema marsupiformis Harkema and Miller, 1959, Eurytrema procyonis Denton, 1942, and E. vulpis Stunkard, 1947 from North Carolina, and Euryhelmis squamula (Rudolphi, 1819), E. vulpis, and Sellacotyle mustelae Wallace 1935 from Georgia by Miller and Harkema (1968), and E. procyonis from both southern Illinois by Dyer and Klimstra (1982a) and Maryland by Herman et al (1957).…”

A Survey of Parasites Identified in the Feces of Eastern Spotted Skunks (Spilogale putorius) in Western Arkansas

“…The remainder of the parasitic species, however, represent new records for the genus Spilogale. With the exception of the two Isospora spp., however, all taxa identified in this survey also occur in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) or raccoons (Procyon lotor; Rankin, 1946;Mead, 1963;Dyer, 1969;Richardson et al, 1992;Dubey et al, 2002;Mitchell et al, 2002;Wright and Gompper, 2005). Data for western spotted skunks in Texas (Neiswenter et al, 2006) and for eastern spotted skunks in Minnesota (Erickson, 1946) show a similar pattern; all identified endoparasitic species also occurred in one or more sympatric skunk or mustelid species (in Texas: striped skunk and hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus leuconotus; and in Minnesota: striped skunk; short-tailed weasel, Mustela erminea; long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata; mink, Mustela vison; and badger, Taxidea taxus).…”