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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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Ectoparasites of Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes) in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022
Ectoparasites of 18 free-living Cuban Ground Doves, Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes: Columbidae), captured in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba, were identified. The collected ectoparasites included two species of lice (Phthiraptera:
Daniel González-Acuña, Armando Cicchino, Diana Echeverry, Karen Ardiles, Pablo Oyarzún-Ruiz, Sergey Mironov, Lucila Moreno   +6 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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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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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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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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BEHAVIOURAL NOTES OF Zentrygon goldmani oreas (NELSON, 1912) AND OTHER WILD DOVES AT THE CHUCANTÍ PRIVATE NATURAL RESERVE (CPNR), DARIEN, PANAMA

Tecnociencia, 2023
The province of Darien in eastern Panama is well known for its endemic doves.  Most of them are poorly studied and threatened. The aim of this study was to recognize the wild dove’s diversity from CPNR and describe an ethological baseline.
Pedro G. Méndez-Carvajal , Karol M. Gutiérrez-Pineda , Guido Berguido Adopta Bosque   +2 more
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Co-infection of Sarcocystis sp. and Hadjelia truncata in fantail pigeons (Columba livia domestica) [PDF]

Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2018
Hadjelia truncata belongs to the family Habronematidae which affects different groups of birds such as Columbiformes. A large number of Sarcocystis sp. may infect birds as intermediate hosts, but wild Columbiformes, include pigeons, are rarely affected ...
M. Khordadmehr, V. R. Ranjbar, P. Shahbazi , P. Shahbazi   +3 more
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Parasitism of Ixodes (Multidentatus) auritulus Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds from the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, southern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
The tick-bird relationship of 56 specimens of birds (Passeriformes and Columbiformes) collected in the city of Curitiba, State of Paraná, between 1990 and 1995, among which 102 specimens of Ixodes (Multidentatus) auritulus were found and analyzed.
Márcia Arzua, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti   +1 more
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