Tag: Northern Shoveler

Parasites of waterfowl from southwest texas: ii. the shoveler, Anas clypeata

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Science Article 1 abstract Thirty-eight shoveler ducks, Anas clypeata, were collected in the Rio Grande Valley, Hudspeth County, Texas. Nineteen species of helminths, six species of lice and a sarcosporidian, Sancocystis nileyi, were recorded. Seventeen of the nineteen species of helminths were observed in fall migrants and twelve species were recorded […]