Avian haemosporidian parasites infection in wild birds inhabiting Minami-daito Island of the Northwest Pacific, Japan.
Haemosporidian parasites infection among wild birds inhabiting Minami-daito Island was studied. Blood films from 183 birds representing 4 species of 4 families were examined microscopically. Avian haemosporidian parasites were detected in 3 species with an overall prevalence of 59.6%. None of the 30 Daito scops owls (Otus scops interpositus) examined were infected. Either Haemoproteus sp. or Plasmodium sp. infection was found in 14 of 31 (45.2%) Borodino islands white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus daitoensis). Plasmodium spp. were found in 94 of 102 (92.2%) bull-headed shrikes (Lanius bucephalus) and 1 of 20 (5%) tree sparrows (Passer montanus).
Murata
Koichi
K
College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. k-murata@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Nii
Ryosuke
R
Yui
Saori
S
Sasaki
Emi
E
Ishikawa
Satoshi
S
Sato
Yukita
Y
Matsui
Shin
S
Horie
Sayaka
S
Akatani
Kana
K
Takagi
Masaoki
M
Sawabe
Kyoko
K
Tsuda
Yoshio
Y
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D016787:Haemosporida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007564:Japan; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology