PARASITES OF NEBRASKA PHEASANTS

Parasite prevalence, intensity, and diversity in Nebraska pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) were studied during the fall of 1971. Fifty-four of 63 (86%) pheasants examined for helminths harbored at least one parasite species. Heterakis gallinarum (65% of the pheasants), Choanotaenia infundibulum (48% ). Echinoparyphiuin recurcatum (1 .6% ), and Zygocotyle lunata (1 .6% ) were recovered. Two of 15 (13% birds examined for coccidia possessed Eimeria phasiani. None of 35 pheasants examined for hematozoa had patent infections