Incidence of Trichomoniasis in the Band-Tailed Pigeons of Southern Arizona

Host-parasite interactions of Trichomonas gallinae (Rivolta, 1878)

“…In North America, T^ gallinae was probably introduced with rock doves by settlers at Port Royal, Nova Scotia, in 1606 (Schorger, 1952). Florent, 1938;Hare, 1937;Harmon et al, 1987;Hart, 1941;Honigberg et al, 1970;Jaquette, 1948aJaquette, , 1948b1948c;1950;Jaskoski and Plank, 1967;Kocan, 1969b;1969c;1970;1972;Kocan and Knisley, 1970;Morgan, 1944;Niemeyer, 1939;Oguma, 1931;Rivolta, 1878;Rivolta and Delprato, 1880;Rosenwald, 1944;Stabler, 1937;1941a;1948b;1950;1951a;1951b;1953b;Stabler and Engley, 1946;Stabler and Kihara, 1954;Stabler and Mellentin, 1953;Stabler et al, 1964;Stiles, 1939;Tangredi, 1978;Tongson et al, 1969;Waller,1934Kocan, 1971Sileo and Fitzhugh, 1969, Stabler and Braun, 19751979Barnes, 1951Carpenter et al, 1972;Conti et al, 1985;…”

“…Transmission of T gallinae by experimental means has been performed in avian and mammalian hosts. In columbiform birds, experimental transmission by oral intubation of cultured or fresh parasite suspensions has been used Conti et al, 1985;Hare, 1937;Kocan, 1969b;Powell and Hollander, 1982;Sileo and Fitzhugh, 1969;Stabler, 1951b;1953b;1977;Stabler and Braun, 1975;1979;Stabler and Kihara, 1954). Many of the aformentioned papers report simple cross-transmission experiments to establish whether or not T.…”

“…Other accounts of transmission are those of Sileo and Fitzhugh (1969) and Stabler and Braun (1975;1979) who transmitted parasites from band-tailed pigeons to band-tailed pigeons. Stabler (1951b) also transmitted T.…”