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soiinel of their WPA project in studies on diseases of California game, 

 particular!}^ parasitic infections. The studies pursued were chiefly 

 surveys of parasitism in quail in various areas of the State. The great- 

 est number of samples were secured by the Pittman-Robertson project 

 studying quail management in the southern coastal counties. Exami- 

 nation of fecal samples from over 3,000 quail was undertaken and it 

 was found that coccidia, an intestinal parasite, were very prevalent in 

 most areas. Other intestinal parasites were comparatively infrequent. 

 Over twice as many blood smears from quail have been studied. The 

 most frequent blood parasite was Haemoproteus lophortyx 'Roke, but 

 several other parasites new to quail were also observed. During March, 

 1942, with the termination of the WPA project, the cooperative agree- 

 ment was concluded but since then we have been able to reopen our own 

 laboratory and plans are under way to continue these studies and gradu- 

 ally broaden the scope of the work to include all game species and related 

 animals and predators particularly as they may relate to management. 



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