A Survey of Gopherus polyphemus Intestinal Parasites in South Florida

Table 1

Intestinal parasite eggs and oocysts in adult and subadult gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) fecal samples from six populations in South Florida.

Site		No. positive (%)
		Tachygonetria	Chapiniella	Augusticaecum	Telorchis	Eimeria	Cryptosporidium	Amoebas
BSP	22	15(68)a	6(27)ac	1(5)a	6(27)a	5(22)ac	0a	0a
FAU	18	14(78)a	12(67)b	0a	0b	1(6)abc	0a	1(6)a
PJP	17	13(76)a	9(53)abc	1(6)a	1(6)ab	4(24)c	1(6)a	0a
JSPSS	21	17(81)a	12(57)abc	0a	1(5)ab	0b	0a	0a
JDSPP	14	13(93)a	3(21)ac	1(7)a	0ab	0abc	0a	0a
MD	20	17(85)a	10(50)abc	1(5)a	0b	0b	0a	0a
Total	112	89(79)	52(46)	4(4)	8(7)	10(9)	1(1)	1(1)

Different letters indicate significant differences in the prevalence between individual sites.