USGS · 5220588
The occurrence of hepatozoon in the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Abstract
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.
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C. M. Herman, D.L. Price. 2007-04-29. The occurrence of hepatozoon in the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1955.tb02396.x
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