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

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
exaly   +4 more sources

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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Sexing Mature Columbiformes by Cloacal Characters [PDF]

Auk, 1955
WHILE there is a pronounced sexual dimorphism or dichromatism in some species of the order Columbiformes, in most others there is not. Until recently we have known of no simple and reliable method for sexing living individuals of these latter species.
Miller, Wilmer J., Wagner, Frederic H.
exaly   +4 more sources

Cranial osteology of Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Columbiformes: Columbidae) compared to other New World Columbiformes [PDF]

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2007
Studies on cranial osteology of Columbidae are not frequent in the literature. This is the first description of the jaw apparatus of G. montana and we had as objectives: to compare its jaw apparatus with other New World Columbidae and thus broaden our ...
Maria Luiza Videira Marceliano, Reginaldo José Donatelli, Sérgio Roberto Posso   +2 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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New records and a new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) found on Columbidae (Columbiformes) in Pakistan

ZooKeys, 2012
The chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of Columbidae (Columbiformes) from Pakistan are studied. Six species of chewing lice with new host records are recorded and one new species of the genus Colpocephalum is described from Columba livia in the Karachi region ...
Saima Naz, Oldrich Sychra, Syed Anser Rizvi   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases of Columbiformes

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice, 2009
Bacterial and parasitic diseases are not uncommon in domestic doves and pigeons. Many of the bacteria and parasites found in columbids do not cause disease unless the birds are immunocompromised. Often there are underlying viral infections that contribute to illness.
Harlin, Roger, Wade, Laura
exaly   +3 more sources