Molecular Identification of an Avian Dicrocoeliid, Brachylecithum mosquensis, from a Vagrant Shrew, Sorex vagrans, in Montana, U.S.A

John M. Kinsella; Vasyl V. Tkach

doi:10.1654/4386.1

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John M. Kinsella,¹ Vasyl V. Tkach^2,*

¹1HelmWest Laboratory, 2108 Hilda Avenue, Missoula, Montana 59801, U.S.A. wormdwb@aol.com
²2Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, U.S.A. vas

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Abstract

Gravid dicrocoeliid flukes recovered from the liver of a vagrant shrew, Sorex vagrans, in Montana, U.S.A., were identified as Brachylecithum mosquensis by comparing their morphology and DNA sequences to specimens from 2 American robins, Turdus migratorius, from North Dakota, U.S.A. This is the first record in the world, to our knowledge, of a bird dicrocoeliid from a shrew and also the first record in North America of a dicrocoeliid parasitic in the genus Sorex.

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John M. Kinsella and Vasyl V. Tkach "Molecular Identification of an Avian Dicrocoeliid, Brachylecithum mosquensis, from a Vagrant Shrew, Sorex vagrans, in Montana, U.S.A," Comparative Parasitology 76(2), 287-289, (1 July 2009). https://doi.org/10.1654/4386.1

Published: 1 July 2009

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