Parasites of domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana.

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Author list: Mushi EZ, Binta MG, Chabo RG, Ndebele R, Panzirah R

Publication year: 2000

Journal acronym: J S Afr Vet Assoc

Volume number: 71

Issue number: 4

Start page: 249

End page: 50

Number of pages: -198

ISSN: 1019-9128

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

Abstract

The following parasites were found in apparently healthy pigeons kept in Sebele: a haemoprotozoan, Haemoproteus columbae (80%); endoparasite metazoan nematodes, Ascaridia columbae (30%) and Dispharynx spiralis (10%); a cestode, Raillietina sp. (80%) and coccidian oocysts (40%); 2 ectoparasites, namely the pigeon fly, Pseudolynchia canariensis (50%) and the louse, Columbicola columbae (30%). The pigeons also had highantibody titres, (1:256) to the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (100%). The latter infection in these domestic pigeons has public health implications.

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