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This is a list of publications written by Patuxent employees since Patuxent opened in 1939.  To search for Patuxent's publications by author or title, please click below to go to the USGS Publication Warehouse.

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The occurrence of hepatozoon in the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) The occurrence of hepatozoon in the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Hepatozoon sciuri (Coles, 1914) is reported from gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Blood smears stained with Giemsa's stain revealed a parasitemia in 16 to 71% of the squirrels examined. A technique for laking the red cells and concentrating the white cells in blood samples demonstrated this protozoon to be present in every squirrel so tested.
Authors
C. M. Herman, D.L. Price

Diseases of birds Diseases of birds

No abstract available.
Authors
C. M. Herman

Macracanthorhynchus ingens from raccoons in Maryland Macracanthorhynchus ingens from raccoons in Maryland

There have been very few published records of the occurrence of the acanthocephalan parasite Macracanthorhynchus ingens (von Linstow, 1897) in North America. Chandler (1942) and Moore (1946) reported 11 o 13 raccoons (Procyon lotor) trapped in Angelina County, Texas, infected with these intestinal parasites. From 1 to 90 worms occurred in these animals. Chandler and Melvin (1951), in a...
Authors
Carlton M. Herman

Distribution and abundance of the Wilson's snipe in western Canada Distribution and abundance of the Wilson's snipe in western Canada

1. An extensive field check was made of snipe habitat in those parts of western Canada (excluding most of British Columbia) which are accessible by road. 2. Nesting snipe were found to be very scarce in the whole Short-grass Prairie region, widely distributed and locally common in the Parklands, local and uncommon in the Boreal Forest country, and consistently common in the only area of...
Authors
C.S. Robbins
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