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JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 445-448Publisher
WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSN, INC
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.445
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avian hematozoa; Colombia; Haemoproteus; Leucocytozoon; microfilariae; Plasmodium
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Sixty-four birds of 43 species were caught at six localities in Colombia during the dry season in March 1998 and investigated for hematozoa by microscopic examination of stained blood films. Haemoproteus coatneyi, Plasmodium vaughani, Leucocytozoon sp., and microfilariae were identified. The overall prevalence of infection was 8%. Prevalences of infection for Haemoproteus spp., Plasmodium spp., Leucocytozoon spp., and microfilariae were 3%, 2%, 2%, and 3%, respectively. All hemosporidian infections encountered were of low intensity (<1% of infected erythroctes). The low prevalences and intensities of'heniosporidian parasites in this study are in accord with other records from the Neotropics.
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