Pinworms Not Found in Commercial Crickets

Dave Weldon

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Howdy All,

Chris Anderson sent me the pdf of the [FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]J[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]ournal [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]of [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]H[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]erpetological [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]M[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]edicine [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]and [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]S[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Bold]urgery that from 2005 that has the article about gutloading. There was also another article in there: "An Evaluation of the Gray Cricket, [FONT=TimesNewRoman,Italic][FONT=TimesNewRoman,Italic]Acheta domestica[/FONT][/FONT], as a Source of Oxyurids for Reptiles" by Jonathan D. Klarsfeld, DVM, Mark A. Mitchell, MS, DVM, PhD. They did a full analysis of batches of 500 crickets from 5 different commercial suppliers located in various States around the country. The results from those elaborate tests were that no trace of worm eggs were found from any of the crickets. While this is only one study, at least it shows that it is unlikely that our chameleons pick-up pinworm parasites from crickets that are supplied directly from the cricket farms. I think it's also fairly unlikely that crickets supplied by pet stores become infected while in their posession.
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