Trichomonas Infection in a Community of Free-Ranging Domestic and Wild Columbiformes and Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)

Trichomonas Infection in a Community of Free-Ranging Domestic and Wild Columbiformes and Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)

Trichomonas gallinae is a pathogen of conservation relevance, whose main maintenance hosts are Columbiformes, but spillover to avian predators has been described. The goal of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of Trichomonas spp. in a community of free-ranging domestic and wild Columbif...

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Main Authors: Nuno Santos, José Jambas, António Monteiro, Jorge Amaral, Nuno Martins, Javier Garcia, Ana Martinez Fernández, Kevin Morris Tyler, Tereza Almeida, Joana Abrantes, Pedro J. Esteves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Trichomonas gallinae
Columbiformes
Aquila fasciata
Streptopelia turtur
Columba livia
multi-host-pathogen system
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2019.00148/full

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