Health hazards to wild birds and risk factors associated with anthropogenic food provisioning

B Lawson, RA Robinson, MP Toms… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Provision of supplementary food for wild birds at garden feeding stations is a common, large-
scale and year-round practice in multiple countries including Great Britain (GB). While these …

Colder temperatures augment viability of an indirectly transmitted songbird pathogen on bird feeders

SR Teemer, ER Tulman, AG Arneson, SJ Geary… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inanimate surfaces that are contaminated with infectious pathogens are common sources of
spread for many communicable diseases. Understanding how ambient temperature alters …

Infection alters foraging decisions in a common songbird

FE Tillman Jr, JS Adelman - Animal Behaviour, 2025 - Elsevier
The effect (s) of infection on optimal foraging decisions are largely unknown but have
important implications for pathogen spread, especially when individuals congregate at or …

An outbreak of trichomonosis in European greenfinches Chloris chloris and European goldfinches Carduelis carduelis wintering in Northern France

JM Chavatte, P Giraud, D Esperet, G Place… - Parasite, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Avian trichomonosis is a common and widespread disease, traditionally affecting columbids
and raptors, and recently emerging among finch populations mainly in Europe. Across …

[HTML][HTML] Genotypic diversity and epidemiology of Trichomonas gallinae in Columbidae: insights from a comprehensive analysis

Y Liu, H Cai, D Wang, S Liao, N Qi, J Li, Z Yan… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trichomonas gallinae is a protozoa that parasitizes the upper gastrointestinal and
respiratory tracts of various animals and birds, including Columbidae, Passeriformes, and …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological investigation of Trichomonas gallinae in bei**g, China

S **g, Y Li, Q Li, Y Huang, S Han, Q Zhang… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trichomonas gallinae is a globally distributed protozoan parasite that causes avian
trichomoniasis, leading to significant morbidity and mortality in birds. The present study aims …

Assessing rates of parasite coinfection and spatiotemporal strain variation via metabarcoding: Insights for the conservation of European turtle doves Streptopelia turtur

RC Thomas, JC Dunn, DA Dawson… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the frequency, spatiotemporal dynamics and impacts of parasite coinfections
is fundamental to develo** control measures and predicting disease impacts. The …

Investigating the association between diet and infection with Trichomonas gallinae in the European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

RE Young, JC Dunn, IP Vaughan… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trichomonas gallinae, a protozoan parasite infecting a wide range of birds, has been a
cause for conservation concern since its recognition as an emerging infectious disease …

Persistent Trichomonas vaginalis infections and the pseudocyst form

M Shiratori, A Patel, RW Gerhold, SA Sullivan… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Recent studies have proposed that Trichomonas vaginalis, the causative agent of
trichomoniasis [the most common nonviral sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans] …

Trichomonas Infection in a Community of Free-Ranging Domestic and Wild Columbiformes and Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)

N Santos, J Jambas, A Monteiro, J Amaral… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Trichomonas gallinae is a pathogen of conservation relevance, whose main maintenance
hosts are Columbiformes, but spillover to avian predators has been described. The goal of …