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High rates of infection by blood parasites during the nestling phase in UK Columbids with notes on ecological associations [PDF]

, 2017
Studies of blood parasite infection in nestling birds rarely find a high prevalence of infection. This is likely due to a combination of short nestling periods (limiting the age at which nestlings can be sampled) and long parasite prepatent periods ...
ALEXANDRA MCCUBBIN, ANTONY J. MORRIS, EMMA L. BRADFORD, JENNIFER E. STOCKDALE, JENNY C. DUNN, KEITH C. HAMER, PHILIP V. GRICE, Robinson, SIMON J. GOODMAN, Valkiūnas   +9 more
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Wildlife health risk analysis for conservation translocation: A scalable approach illustrated for wader population restoration

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2025.
We present a methodological framework for health risk analysis (disease risk analysis) for conservation translocation that enables the process to be scaled and adapted to the project context. We illustrate its application to two wader (shorebird) population restoration projects with differing translocation plans.
Katie M. Beckmann, Nicola C. Dessi, Anthony W. Sainsbury, Kate McInnes, Rosa Lopez Colom, William H. Costa, Michelle F. O'Brien, Jessica‐Leigh Penman, Daniel Calvo Carrasco, Taiana P. Costa, Nigel S. Jarrett, Tanya Grigg, Baz Hughes, Richard A. Kock, Ruth L. Cromie, Rebecca Lee   +15 more
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Effects of urban life on the gut microbiota and the susceptibility to avian malaria infection in a population of the house sparrow Passer domesticus

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.
Life in urban areas may alter the gut microbiota and host physiology, leading to a higher susceptibility to pathogens. In contrast, specific members of the gut microbiota community have been shown to mitigate the intensity of malaria infection. House sparrows, living in close proximity to humans, are exposed to a unique environment with human‐shaped ...
Daliborka Stanković, Hugo J. Eira Pereira, Marko Raković, Stefan Skorić, Nayden Chakarov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Manifold habitat effects on the prevalence and diversity of avian blood parasites

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
Habitats are rapidly changing across the planet and the consequences will have major and long-lasting effects on wildlife and their parasites. Birds harbor many types of blood parasites, but because of their relatively high prevalence and ease of ...
Ravinder N.M. Sehgal
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The impact of conservation translocations on vector-borne parasites : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2015
Wildlife conservation in New Zealand relies on translocations of endangered species to safe sites. While knowledge of the biology and behaviour of translocated hosts has steadily increased, the role of parasites in wildlife translocations has been ...
Schoener, Ellen Renate
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Vector species-specific association between natural Wolbachia infections and avian malaria in black fly populations [PDF]

, 2018
Thanks to the Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine (University of Glasgow) for funding vector traps.Artificial infection of mosquitoes with the endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia can interfere with malaria parasite development ...
Baldini, Francesco, Bianco, Giovanni, Dale, Maeve, Elmer, Kathryn, Ferguson, Heather M., Helm, Barbara, Ivanova, Yoana, Larcombe, Stephen D., Rae, Fiona, Woodford, Luke   +9 more
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Prevalence and diversity of avian malaria parasites in illegally traded white‐winged parakeets in Peruvian Amazonas

Animal Conservation, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 364-373, June 2024.
Psittaciformes have the largest proportion of endangered species among all birds worldwide and is one of the most trafficked taxa in the pet trade. However, despite the large number of parrot species commercialized worldwide, the influence of illegally traded wild birds on the introduction of exotic pathogens is still poorly investigated. We found that
A. Marzal, S. Magallanes, T. Salas‐Rengifo, J. Muriel, C. Navarro, D. Vecco, C. Guerra‐Saldaña, L. Mendo, V. Paredes, M. González‐Blázquez, L. García‐Longoria, A. Díez‐Fernández   +11 more
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Determinants of spring migration departure dates in a New World sparrow: Weather variables reign supreme

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2024.
To test for interactions among weather, migration distance, parasitism, and physiology in determining spring departure date, we used Dark‐eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) as a model migratory species known to harbor diverse and common haemosporidian parasites.
Allison J. Byrd, Katherine M. Talbott, Tara M. Smiley, Taylor B. Verrett, Michael S. Gross, Michelle L. Hladik, Ellen D. Ketterson, Daniel J. Becker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insecticide resistance and malaria transmission: infection rate and oocyst burden in Culex pipiens mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium relictum [PDF]

, 2010
International audienceBackground : The control of most vectors of malaria is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance. Onefactor that has been hitherto largely overlooked is the potential effects of insecticide resistance on the ability ...
Ana Rivero, Antoine Nicot, Julien Vézilier, Sylvain Gandon   +3 more
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Ecological parasitology in the molecular genetics era [PDF]

, 2009
El estudio de la ecología de las relaciones entre parásitos y hospedadores se ha beneficiado recientemente de la aplicación de técnicas moleculares de diagnóstico e identificación de los parásitos.
Pérez Tris, Javier
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