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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Using samples spanning 10-degrees of latitude in Alaska, we provide the first comparative assessment of avian haemosporidia distribution of Arctic Alaska with subarctic host populations for four species of grouse and three species of ptarmigan ...
Faith De Amaral +3 more
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Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2009 The present study demonstrated Leucocytozoon simondi as the most common blood parasites causing large scale mortalities in duckling in special area in El-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.
M.M. EL-BAHY, M.H. ABDEL-WAHAB
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Microorganisms, 2022 Haemosporida, vector-transmitted blood parasites, can have various effects and may also exert selection pressures on their hosts. In this study we analyse the presence of Haemosporida in a previously unstudied migratory seabird species, the red-throated ...
Birgit Kleinschmidt +6 more
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Survey of Leucocytozoon in South Carolina
Poultry Science, 1976 An extensive survey of birds for Leucocytozoon in South Carolina during the summer of 1972 revealed that Blue Jays, Purple Grackles and domestic chickens were commonly infected. No alternate hosts were found for Leucocytozoon smithi of turkeys.
R, Noblet, H S, Moore, G P, Noblet
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Journal of Parasite Science, 2022 The most common types of blood protozoa in chickens are from the phylum of Apicomplexa, including Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Haemoproteus. Blood protozoan diseases can cause decreased egg production, stunting and death in poultry farms.
Moch. Rizky Darmawan +5 more
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Climate‐Driven Increase in Transmission of a Wildlife Malaria Parasite Over the Last Quarter Century [PDF]
Global change biology.Climate warming is shaping ecosystems in several ways, and this includes changes in the dynamics of wildlife disease transmission. Over 26 years, avian malaria parasites have become much more common in a population of blue tits, small songbirds that we surveyed in southern Sweden.
Theodosopoulos A +9 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 Latitudinal gradients are well-suited systems that may be helpful explaining distribution of haemosporidian parasites and host susceptibility. We studied the prevalence, diversity and drivers of haemosporidian parasites (Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium and ...
Elfego Cuevas +8 more
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The Development of a Leucocytozoon of Guinea-Pigs [PDF]
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1912 Abstract The presence of “bodies” within the large mononuclear leucocytes of guinea-pigs was first noticed by Kurloff (1898). He described them as inclusions; for in a drop of guinea-pig’s blood he noted that many of the large lymphocytes contained, within their cytoplasm, clear, spherical vacuoles which were distinct from the nucleus,
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Leucocytozoonosis in Domestic Birds in Southwestern Iran: An Ultrastructural Study
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2013 Background: Leucocytozoonosis is a disease of birds caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus Leucocytozoon. We determined the prevalence of Leucocytozoon spp.
O Dezfoulian +5 more
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Blood Parasites in Domestic Birds in Central Iran
Veterinary Sciences, 2020 Parasites may affect the dynamics of bird populations. Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Haemoproteus are well-known avian haematozoa that can trigger decreased productivity and high mortality in domesticated birds. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence
Farzaneh Mirzaei +5 more
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