Open AccessGiardia and Other Parasites of Small Mammals in Grand Teton National Park
Author(s) -
William B. O’Dell,
Raychel A. Watkins,
Aelita J. Pinter
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1989.2805
Subject(s) - biology , national park , vole , giardia , microtus , population , peromyscus , parasitism , shrew , mammal , zoology , host (biology) , ecology , demography , genetics , sociology
The objectives of this study are to document the effects of parasitism on vole (Microtus spp.) population dynamics and to determine the potential of small mammals in Grand Teton National Park to serve as reservoirs of human parasites. Immediate goals for 1989 were to (1) continue the documentation of the incidence and prevalence of small mammal parasites, (2) determine the age at which Giardia infections are contracted by the Microtus host, (3) identify ticks associated with small mammals, and (4) survey small mammals for Babesia infections.