Dunham Nicholas R, Reed Scott, Rollins Dale, Kendall Ronald J
The Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Box 43290, Lubbock, TX, 79409-3290, USA.
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, 6610 W. Amarillo Blvd, Amarillo, TX, 79106, USA.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2016 Sep 28;5(3):273-276. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2016.09.004. eCollection 2016 Dec.
Debilitating ocular diseases are often reported in avian species. By and large, helminth parasites have been overlooked in avian diseases and regarded as inconsequential. The decline of Northern bobwhite quail () in the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas has prompted an investigation of the factors influencing their disappearance. Infection by the eyeworm () has been documented in many avian species; however, the effect it has on its host is not well understood. Heavy eyeworm infection has been documented in Northern bobwhites throughout this ecoregion, leading to eye pathology in this host species. The present study further documents and supports the pathological changes associated with in bobwhites.
衰弱性眼病在鸟类中常有报道。总体而言，蠕虫寄生虫在鸟类疾病中一直被忽视，被认为无关紧要。德克萨斯州起伏平原生态区北部鲍勃白鹌鹑（Colinus virginianus）数量的减少促使人们对影响它们消失的因素展开调查。眼虫（Oxyspirura mansoni）感染在许多鸟类物种中都有记录；然而，其对宿主的影响尚未得到充分了解。在整个该生态区的北部鲍勃白鹌鹑中都记录到了严重的眼虫感染，导致该宿主物种出现眼部病变。本研究进一步记录并支持了与北方鲍勃白鹌鹑眼部病变相关的病理变化。
