SOME HELMINTH PARASITES OF THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE

Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) found dead or moribund in the United States and Canada and submitted to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center were examined for helminth parasites. Nine genera of helminths were reported which include new host records for Clinostomum complanatum, Neogogatea pandionis, Centrorhynchus sp., Serratospiculum amaculata, Capillaria contorta, and Habronema americanum.

[1]  I. Keymer Diseases of birds of prey , 1972, Veterinary Record.

[2]  L. N. Locke,et al.  CAUSES OF BALD EAGLE MORTALITY, 1960–1965 , 1970, Journal of wildlife diseases.

[3]  J. Cooper Oesophageal capillariasis in captive falcons , 1969, Veterinary Record.

[4]  J. Cooper Some diseases of birds of prey , 1969, Veterinary Record.