Hematozoa in Two Populations of the Threatened Red-billed Chough in Spain
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 33 (3) , 642-645
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-33.3.642
Abstract
The prevalence of hematozoa in two populations of red-billed choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) was sampled in 1992 and 1994 in Spain. Two blood parasites infected red-billed choughs. A species of Plasmodium, possibly Plasmodium relictum, and the piroplasm Babesia frugilegica, are described for the first time from this host. Low prevalence (1/178, < 1%) of hematozoa in these populations, was evidence for a lack of effects of blood parasites on the life history and conservation of this threatened species in at least the two populations studied.Keywords
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