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Incidence and Seasonal Variations in Blood and Tissue Parasites of Yellow‐Billed Magpies
Author(s) -
CLARK GLEN W.
Publication year - 1966
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.1550-7408.1966.tb01878.x
Subject(s) - leucocytozoon , plasmodium (life cycle) , haemoproteus , biology , blood smear , incidence (geometry) , zoology , parasite hosting , gametocyte , immunology , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , physics , optics , world wide web , computer science
SYNOPSIS. Blood and tissue smears from 156 yellow‐billed magpies showed infection with hematozoa in 154 (99%). Leucocytozoon berestneffi was found in 149 (96%), Haemoproteus picae in 40 (26%), Plasmodium relictum , in 32 (21%), Trypanosoma sp. in 3 (2%), and microfilariae in 42 (27%). Fifty‐two birds were infected with two genera of parasites, 27 with 3, and 4 with 4. Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium and microfilariae showed a higher incidence in tissue than in blood smears.