Mite-Filled Cyst on a Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) in Florida, USA

A large, partly pedunculated mass on the scapular area of a wild-caught captive Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) consisted of a multiloculated keratin cyst inhabited by a new species of harpirhynchid mite (Harpirhynchus quasimodo). The mass did not interfere with flight or behavior. This is the...

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Published inJournal of wildlife diseases Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 1279 - 1285
Main Authors Spalding, Marilyn G., Mertins, James W., Reetz, Matthew J., Keacher, Kandy L., Avery, Michael L., Greiner, Ellis C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wildlife Disease Association 01.10.2010
Subjects
Animals
Bird Diseases - epidemiology
Bird Diseases - parasitology
Cowbird
cyst
cysts (pathology)
ectoparasite
Female
Florida
Florida - epidemiology
harpirhynchid mite
Harpirhynchus quasimodo
histology
Host-Parasite Interactions
mite infestations
Mite Infestations - epidemiology
Mite Infestations - veterinary
Molothrus ater
parasitic mites
Passeriformes - parasitology
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
skin lesions
wild birds
Florida
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Summary:A large, partly pedunculated mass on the scapular area of a wild-caught captive Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) consisted of a multiloculated keratin cyst inhabited by a new species of harpirhynchid mite (Harpirhynchus quasimodo). The mass did not interfere with flight or behavior. This is the first record of such an infestation of cowbirds in Florida.
Bibliography:http://hdl.handle.net/10113/46662
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ISSN:0090-3558
1943-3700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1279