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Molecular detection and characterization of Trichomonas spp. in wild birds in the Brazilian Pantanal [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Members of the family Trichomonadidae, particularly Trichomonas gallinae, are globally distributed avian parasites that primarily infect birds from the orders Columbiformes, Falconiformes, and Strigiformes.
Amanda Garcia Pereira, Sarah Raquel Jesus Santos Simões, Maitê Cardoso Coelho da Silva, Leticia Colovatti Mariano, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Amir Salvador Alabi Cordova, Tiago Valadares Ferreira, João Batista Pinho, Alan Fecchio, Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Ana Carolina Castro-Santiago, Jeffrey Bell, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Marcos Rogério André, Karin Werther   +14 more
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Trichomonas Infection in a Community of Free-Ranging Domestic and Wild Columbiformes and Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
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 this study was to characterize the epidemiology of Trichomonas spp.
Nuno Santos, Javier Garcia, Kevin M Tyler   +2 more
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Different meal, same flavor: cospeciation and host switching of haemosporidian parasites in some non-passerine birds [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Previous studies have shown that haemosporidian parasites (Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) and Plasmodium) infecting passerine birds have an evolutionary history of host switching with little cospeciation, in particular at low taxonomic levels
Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro, Patricia G Parker, Robert E Ricklefs   +3 more
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Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Chlamydia psittaci in Birds in Buenos Aires City, Argentina [PDF]

Animals
Chlamydia psittaci is a bacterium that infects several species of birds and mammals. It is the causal agent of avian chlamydiosis and psittacosis in humans and it is globally distributed.
María Julia Madariaga, Diego Alfredo Caraballo, María Luisa Teijeiro, Eduardo Jorge Boeri, María Estela Cadario   +4 more
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Screening for SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses in Urban Pigeons (Columbiformes) from the North of Spain under a ‘One Health’ Perspective [PDF]

Microorganisms
Coronaviruses have a major impact on human and animal health. The SARS-CoV-2, a beta coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is a clear example.
Aránzazu Portillo, Cristina Cervera-Acedo, Ana M. Palomar, Ignacio Ruiz-Arrondo, Paula Santibáñez, Sonia Santibáñez, José A. Oteo   +6 more
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Molecular detection of Haemoproteus columbae Kruse, 1890 (Haemospororida: Haemoproteidae) in Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 (Columbiformes: Columbidae) in southern Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
The aim of this study is to describe the molecular detection of Haemoproteus columbae Kruse, 1890 (Haemospororida: Haemoproteidae) in Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 (Columbiformes: Columbidae) in southern Brazil, and to determine the prevalence of the ...
Carolina Caetano dos Santos, Natália Soares Martins, Nilséia Feijó da Silva, Julia Somavilla Lignon, Kauê Rodriguez Martins, Oluwagbemiga Ademola Dada, Rodrigo Casquero Cunha, Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn, Diego Moscarelli Pinto, Felipe Geraldo Pappen, Carolina Silveira Mascarenhas, Nara Amélia da Rosa Farias   +11 more
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Pan-azole resistance in clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates carrying TR34/L98H from birds and mammals in Belgium [PDF]

One Health
Aspergillosis causes significant health risks to both birds and mammals. The outcome of these infections is often poor due to delayed diagnosis and treatment failure. We investigated 152 cases of aspergillosis from birds and mammals in Belgium.
Hanne Debergh, Roel Haesendonck, Nadine Botteldoorn, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Claude Saegerman, Ann Packeu   +6 more
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The Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis Latham, 1790) (Aves: Columbidae), a new species for the avifauna of Serbia

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023
On 13 January 2019, an individual Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis Latham, 1790) was recorded. The species is shortly observed during tree-perching in an intensive agricultural landscape near Temerin Town, Vojvodina Province, Northern Serbia.
Geza Farkaš, Arpad Šarok, Draženko Z. Rajković   +2 more
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Global Studies of the Host-Parasite Relationships between Ectoparasitic Mites of the Family Syringophilidae and Birds of the Order Columbiformes

Animals, 2021
The quill mites belonging to the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) are obligate ectoparasites of birds. They inhabit different types of the quills, where they spend their whole life cycle.
Katarzyna Kaszewska-Gilas, Jakub Ziemowit Kosicki, Martin Hromada, Maciej Skoracki   +3 more
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A comprehensive survey of Rhinonyssid mites (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) in Northwest Russia: New mite-host associations and prevalence data [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Rhinonyssid mites are permanent parasites of birds that inhabit their respiratory tract. There are around 600 species described worldwide and almost all species of birds are found to have embedded rhinonyssid mites.
Dimov, Ivan, Doña, Jorge, Rojas Álvarez, Manuel de   +2 more
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