{"id":444,"date":"2021-04-26T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/?p=444"},"modified":"2023-02-24T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:15:46","slug":"identification-and-report-of-parasites-trematoda-and-acanthocephala-found-in-fulica-americana-from-oconto-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/2021-presentations\/identification-and-report-of-parasites-trematoda-and-acanthocephala-found-in-fulica-americana-from-oconto-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Identification and Report of Parasites Trematoda and Acanthocephala Found in Fulica americana from Oconto, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"authors\"><b>Regan Borowski<\/b> Biology<br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b>Anindo Choudhury<\/b> Professor of Biology and Environmental Science<br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<p><b>Presentation Time:<\/b> April 29<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/ninja-forms\/3\/Undergrad-Research-Poster-2-1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/ninja-forms\/3\/Undergrad-Research-Poster-2-1-pdf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1088\" height=\"1408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/ninja-forms\/3\/Undergrad-Research-Poster-2-1.pdf\">View Poster<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p>This project focuses on the morphological and molecular characterization of two parasites, a thorny-headed worm (<em>Acanthocephala<\/em>) and an intestinal trematode fluke (<em>Neoleucochloridium<\/em>) from the American Coot, <em>Fulica americana<\/em>, from Oconto, Wisconsin. The bird was necropsied, parasites were extracted and fixed for morphology and DNA sequence analysis. Techniques used included: DNA extraction, amplification of target genes (28S rRNA gene), staining to prepare whole mounts and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The acanthocephalan species was identified as <em>Polymorphus trochus<\/em> and single trematode was identified as <em>Neoleucochloridium<\/em>. This is the first DNA sequence data for <em>Neoleucochloridium<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regan Borowski Biology Anindo Choudhury Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Presentation Time: April 29 View Poster Abstract This project focuses on the morphological and molecular characterization of two parasites, a thorny-headed worm (Acanthocephala) and an intestinal trematode fluke (Neoleucochloridium) from the American Coot, Fulica americana, from Oconto, Wisconsin. The bird was necropsied, parasites were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2021-presentations","tag-poster","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":674,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}