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1 October 1975 HEMOPROTOZOA IN MOURNING DOVES AND OTHER SMALL BIRDS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
JAMES C. LEWIS, JAMES W. CARPENTER, JOHN A. MORRISON
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Abstract

Blood smears obtained from 370 birds live-trapped in western Oklahoma were examined for hemoprotozoa. Haemoproteus spp. were found in 189 (90.4%) mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), one oriole (Icterus galbula), two mockingbirds (Mirnus polyglottos), and three brown thrashers (Toxostoma rufum). Plasmodium sp. was present in one brown thrasher. Haemoproteus spp. in the mourning dove were identified as H. sacharovi and H. maccallumi, with the latter species predominating. The average parasitemia for doves infected only with H. sacharovi was 0.1% of the erythrocytes, for doves infected only with H. maccallumi it was 0.9%, and in doves with dual infections 1.8% of the erythrocytes were infected.

LEWIS, CARPENTER, and MORRISON: HEMOPROTOZOA IN MOURNING DOVES AND OTHER SMALL BIRDS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
JAMES C. LEWIS, JAMES W. CARPENTER, and JOHN A. MORRISON "HEMOPROTOZOA IN MOURNING DOVES AND OTHER SMALL BIRDS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 11(4), 537-539, (1 October 1975). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.4.537
Received: 2 July 1974; Published: 1 October 1975
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