Open AccessGiardia and Other Parasites of Small Mammals in Grand Teton National Park
Author(s) -
William B. O’Dell,
Raychel A. Watkins,
Suzanne E. Moshier,
Aelita J. Pinter
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
annual report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2693-2407
pISSN - 2693-2385
DOI - 10.13001/uwnpsrc.1990.2893
Subject(s) - giardia , vole , biology , national park , tick , babesiosis , parasitism , parasite hosting , zoology , ecology , host (biology) , virology , environmental health , medicine , population , genetics , world wide web , computer science
The objectives of this study are to document effects of parasitism on vole populations, and to determine the potential of small mammals of Grand Teton National Park to serve as reservoirs of human parasites. Specific goals for this year were: 1. to continue surveying small mammals for Babesia microti; 2. to collect and identify ticks found with these animals; 3. to determine if Ixodes eastoni is a tick vector of B. microti; 4. to determine the incidence of Campylobacter spp. in these small mammals; and 5. to continue documentation of the occurrence of Giardia as an intestinal parasite of the montane vole.