New host and locality record for Trypanosoma peromysci

Trypanosoma peromysci Watson, 1912 (Sarcomastigophora: Kinetoplastida), is described from a new host and locality. One of 20 (5.0%) Peromyscus leucopus collected from Pottawatomie and Riley counties in Kansas was found to harbor the parasite. Morphometric and statistical analysis confirmed the trypa...

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Published inThe Journal of parasitology Vol. 76; no. 2; p. 281
Main Authors McKown, R D, Upton, S J, Klemm, R D, Ridley, R K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.1990
Subjects
Animals
Kansas - epidemiology
Peromyscus - parasitology
Rodent Diseases - epidemiology
Trypanosomiasis - epidemiology
Trypanosomiasis - veterinary
Kansas
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Summary:Trypanosoma peromysci Watson, 1912 (Sarcomastigophora: Kinetoplastida), is described from a new host and locality. One of 20 (5.0%) Peromyscus leucopus collected from Pottawatomie and Riley counties in Kansas was found to harbor the parasite. Morphometric and statistical analysis confirmed the trypanosome to be indistinguishable from T. peromysci, the only difference being a greater mean flagellar length than reported previously. This is the first reported occurrence of T. peromysci in the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis Fischer, 1829) and also the first record of its occurrence in Kansas.
ISSN:0022-3395
DOI:10.2307/3283036