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Coccidia of Aleutian Canada geese

January 1, 1981

Fecal samples from 122 captive and 130 free-ranging Aleutian Canada geese (Branta canadensis leucopareia) were examined for oocysts of coccidia. Freeranging geese sampled on the spring staging ground near Crescent City, California were infected with Eimeria hermani, E. truncata, E. magnalabia, E. fulva, E. clarkei and Tyzzeria parvula. Except for E. clarkei, the same species of coccidia were found in geese on their breeding grounds in Alaska. Most of the coccidial infections in captive geese from Amchitka Island, Alaska and Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland, consisted of Tyzzeria.

Publication Year 1981
Title Coccidia of Aleutian Canada geese
Authors E.C. Greiner, Donald J. Forrester, J. W. Carpenter, D.R. Yparraguirre
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Index ID 5221691
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Patuxent Wildlife Research Center