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The Host‐Restriction of Haemoproteus sp. indet. of the Wood‐Pigeon Columba p. palumbus
Author(s) -
BAKER J. R.
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.tb01930.x
Subject(s) - haemoproteus , host (biology) , biology , zoology , ecology , immunology , gametocyte , malaria , plasmodium falciparum
SYNOPSIS. Earlier experiments suggested that the species of Haemoproteus which infects English wood‐pigeons ( Columba p. palumbus ) and is transmitted by the hippoboscid dipteran fly Ornithomya avicularia , was unable to infect Columba livia domestica , a host of H. columbae . This has now been confirmed by the injection of sporozoites into two pairs of pigeons, one of each species; in both experiments the C. palubus developed parasitemia while the C. livia did not. It has also been shown that this species of Haemoproteus can complete sporogony in a small proportion (2/73) of Pseudolynchla canariensis , the vector of H. columbae .