Strongyloides ardeae is a parasitic roundworm infecting the small intestine of yellow-crowned night heron, Nyctanassa violacea, and eastern green heron, Butorides virescens. It was first described from Louisiana.
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Further reading Boyd, Elizabeth M. "Observations on nematodes of herons in North America including three new species and new host and state records." The Journal of parasitology (1966): 503–511. Schmidt, Gerold D., and Albert G. Canaris. "Acanthocephala from Kenya with descriptions of two new species." The Journal of parasitology (1967): 634–637. Yoshino, Tomoo, et al. "First record of the genus Strongyloides (Nematoda; Rhabditoedea) obtained from a fairy pitta, Pitta brachyura nympha." Bull Tokushima Pref. Mus 22 (2012): 1–6.
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