Case Report: Invasive Pentastomes, Raillietiella orientalis (Sambon, 1922), in a Free-Ranging Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata) in North Central Florida, USA

Case Report: Invasive Pentastomes, Raillietiella orientalis (Sambon, 1922), in a Free-Ranging Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata) in North Central Florida, USA

Raillietiella orientalis is an obligate, crustacean parasite that resides in the respiratory tract of definitive snake hosts. Common throughout southeastern Asia and Australia, R. orientalis is believed to have been introduced into southern Florida, United States along with Burmese pythons (Python b...

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Main Authors: Heather D. S. Walden, Marley E. Iredale, April Childress, James F. X. Wellehan, Robert J. Ossiboff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Burmese python
colubrid
parasite
Pentastomida
pentastomiasis
Raillietiella orientalis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00467/full

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