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The Transmission of Lankesterella (= Atoxoplasma) in Birds by the Mite Dermanyssus gallinae
Author(s) -
LAINSON RALPH
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1960.tb05977.x
Subject(s) - biology , sparrow , infestation , mite , zoology , transmission (telecommunications) , host (biology) , parasite hosting , vector (molecular biology) , synonym (taxonomy) , veterinary medicine , ecology , genus , botany , medicine , recombinant dna , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science , gene , electrical engineering , engineering
SYNOPSIS. Using the mite Dermanyssus gallinae as the vector and the canary ( Serinus canariu s) as the avian host, the author was able to demonstrate the transmission of the parasite Lankesterella (= Atoxoplasm a) garnhami Lainson, 1959. Mites were taken from infected canaries and fed to clean ones; 3 out of 4 birds became infected. Mites taken from infected sparrows ( Passer domesticus domesticu s) were fed to 4 other clean canaries, all of which became infected. Natural transmission of the parasite was achieved when 2 clean canaries were exposed to infestation by mites which had previously fed exclusively on infected sparrows. Six control canaries, obtained from the same source as the experimental birds, were all shown to be uninfected. It is concluded that the parasites in the sparrow and the canary are identical. The specific name of Lankesterella serini Lainson, 1959, for the organism in the canary becomes, therefore, a synonym of L. garnhami Lainson, 1959.