When studying the effects of parasites on natural populations, the avian haematozoa fulfills
many of the specifications of an ideal model. Featuring a multitude of tables and illustrations …

A review of 5640 articles on avian blood parasites showed that 236 reported mortality or
gross pathogenicity in birds, and 89% of them were concerned with mortality in …

Toxoplasma gondii is an intestinal coccidium of felids with an unusually wide range of
intermediate hosts. Infection by this parasite is common in many warm-blooded animals …

Immunosuppressive effects of testosterone lead to a prediction of male-biased parasitism.
To test this prediction, prevalences of blood parasites were compared between male and …

Sporozoite-induced experimental infections of Haemoproteus meleagridis produced a
moderate to severe myositis and significant effects on weight gain and growth in domestic …

Avian blood parasites have been intensively studied using morphological methods with
limited information on their host specificity and species taxonomic status. Now the analysis …

The prevalence of blood parasites was investigated in 701 Japanese wild birds for 13 years
from January, 1988 to March, 2001. Most of the injured or sick birds were caught in the …

In this study, we explore blood parasite prevalence, infection intensity, and co-infection
levels in an urban population of feral pigeons Columba livia in Cape Town. We analyze the …

The knowledge on taxonomic diversity of arthropods is key to better understanding the
biodiversity patterns and processes and guiding sustainable conservation strategies and …

The seven species of haemoproteid parasites of the pigeons and doves (Columbidae) have
been reviewed and re-described. Only two species, Haemoproteus columbae Kruse and H …