Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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Chewing Lice of Swan Geese (Anser cygnoides): New Host-Parasite Associations

  • Choi, Chang-Yong (Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma) ;
  • Takekawa, John Y. (U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center) ;
  • Prosser, Diann J. (U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) ;
  • Smith, Lacy M. (U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center) ;
  • Ely, Craig R. (U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center) ;
  • Fox, Anthony D. (Department of Bioscience, University of Aarhus) ;
  • Cao, Lei (Department of Environmental Bio-Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Wang, Xin (Department of Environmental Bio-Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Batbayar, Nyambayar (Wildlife Science and Conservation Center) ;
  • Natsagdorj, Tseveenmayadag (Ornithology Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Xiao, Xiangming (Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma)
  • Received : 2015.11.27
  • Accepted : 2016.08.12
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) that parasitize the globally threatened swan goose Anser cygnoides have been long recognized since the early 19th century, but those records were probably biased towards sampling of captive or domestic geese due to the small population size and limited distribution of its wild hosts. To better understand the lice species parasitizing swan geese that are endemic to East Asia, we collected chewing lice from 14 wild geese caught at 3 lakes in northeastern Mongolia. The lice were morphologically identified as 16 Trinoton anserinum (Fabricius, 1805), 11 Ornithobius domesticus Arnold, 2005, and 1 Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758). These species are known from other geese and swans, but all of them were new to the swan goose. This result also indicates no overlap in lice species between older records and our findings from wild birds. Thus, ectoparasites collected from domestic or captive animals may provide biased information on the occurrence, prevalence, host selection, and host-ectoparasite interactions from those on wild hosts.

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