BLOOD PARASITES OF SOME BIRDS FROM KENYA, TANZANIA AND ZAIRE
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 12 (1) , 59-65
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-12.1.59
Abstract
A total of 647 birds of 146 species representing 41 families from localities in Kenya, Tanzania and Zaire were examined for blood parasites. A total of 242 (37.2%) birds harbored either single or multiple infections of Haemoproteus (16%), Leucocytozoon (14%), Plasmodium (5.4%), Trypanosoma (1.7%), microfilaria (2.9%) or a variety of babesioids and haemogregarines (4.3%). Occurrence of blood parasites was greatest in Zaire and least in Kenya; the occurrence of the different genera varied markedly between areas and between bird families.Keywords
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