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, 2023 Blood parasites can have a significant impact on the fitness of avian species. The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), whose populations are declining the United States, is known to be a host to several parasitic organisms.
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Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) Plumage as an Indicator for Infection: the Relationship between Haemosporidia Infection and Breast Feather Reflectance in a Neotropical Migrant Passerine [PDF]
, 2009 Yellow avian plumage is a direct result of carotenoid pigments obtained in a bird’s diet and may act as an indicator for individual health, parasite resistance, and status.
Fithian, Robert
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The haemosporidian parasites of bats with description of Sprattiella alecto gen. nov., sp. nov.
Parasite, 2012 Four species of Haemoproteidae were found in Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837 in Queensland, Australia: i) Johnsprentia copemani, Landau et al., 2012; ii) Sprattiella alecto gen. nov., sp.
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Detection of avian haemosporidia from captive musophagid birds at a zoological garden in Japan [PDF]
ArticleOne captive musophagid bird at a zoological garden in Japan showed clinical symptoms and was found to be infected with avian haemosporidia.
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Co- and mixed-infections of avian haemosporidian parasites in great tits and blue tits of the French Pyrenees [PDF]
, 2017 Avian haemosporidia have played a significant role in advancing our understanding of vectored disease epidemiology, and continue to do so. These diverse blood parasites (inclusive of those responsible for avian malaria) are globally distributed, adopt ...
Joshua Lynton-Jenkins (3242169)
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, 2014 Two hypotheses have been proposed to explain the abundance-occupancy relationship (AOR) in parasites. The niche-breadth hypothesis suggests that host generalists are more abundant and efficient at colonizing different host communities than specialists ...
Mata, Vanessa A. +6 more
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, 2019 Additional file 5. Rarefaction plot of avian haemosporidia haplotype richness on the number of GenBank accessions. Rarefaction of the number of haplotype groups of avian haemosporidia as a function of the number of cyt b sequences in the dataset using ...
Raul Sedano-Cruz (6578729) +1 more
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, 2019 Additional file 4. Summary of clustering accessions of avian haemosporidia cytochrome b into haplotype groups. Haplotypes were determined using USEARCH v8.1 [22], implementing a cut-off level criterionâ>â99.3% similarity between sequences, for 1686 ...
Raul Sedano-Cruz (6578729) +1 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background Biting midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) have been implicated in the transmission of a number of parasites and highly pathogenic viruses.
Matthew W. Hopken +3 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Avian malaria parasites are a highly diverse group that commonly infect birds and have deleterious effects on their hosts. Some parasite lineages are geographically widespread and infect many host species in many regions.
Martina Ferraguti +5 more
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