Diseases can play a role in species decline. Among them, haemosporidian parasites, vector-
transmitted protozoan parasites, are known to constitute a risk for different avian species …

Background Haemoparasites in feral pigeons have been studied in several countries but no
data are available from Italy. The aim of this work was to evaluate the prevalence and …

Leucocytozoon infection has been observed to impact the reproductive ecology and
physiology of avian hosts, but its influence on nestling survival remains unclear. We …

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are central for the adaptive immune
response against parasites. Here, we investigated potential associations among MHC‐I …

Leucocytozoon parasites infect a large number of avian hosts, including domestic chicken,
and cause significant economical loss to the poultry industry. Although the transmission …

Macaca fascicularis is an extremely adaptable species that is found throughout the
continental and insular Southeast Asia (Gumert, Chapter 1). In the sixteenth century, long …

Leucocytozoon parasites infect many species of avian hosts, including domestic chicken,
and can inflict heavy economic loss on the poultry industry. Two major species of …

With disease playing an often unknown role in populations of endangered species,
necropsy studies are an important component of conservation management programmes. In …

Seabirds are regarded as a group of species with relatively low levels or even complete lack
of blood parasites. We used PCR to amplify a DNA fragment from the cytochrome b gene of …

Avian blood parasites can have significant impacts on adult breeding birds but studies of
parasitism outside the breeding season are rare, despite their potentially important …