The survey of parasitic infections of wild pigeons (Columba livia) in Lahijan city, Guilan, Iran

Description of Cestodes Infecting Domesticated Pigeon (Columba Livia Domestica) in Egypt With Special Reference to the Molecular Characterization of Raillietina Spp.

“…Also, prevalence of single nematode infection was 3.65%, which different from Borji et al (2012) who reported 21.6%, but nearly similar to cestode 15.3%. Nematode infect-ions % differed from Chaechi-Nosrati et al (2018) who reported 40.5% but similar to Laku et al (2018) who reported 4%.…”

“…In the present study, prevalence was 19.5%, or lower than Chaechi-Nosrati et al (2018) and Laku et al (2018) reported 36.66% & 28% respectively. Also, prevalence of single nematode infection was 3.65%, which different from Borji et al (2012) who reported 21.6%, but nearly similar to cestode 15.3%.…”

Occurrence of cestodes and comparative efficacy of Typha angustata and sulphadimidine against cestodes in Columba livia domestica (Domestic Pigeon)

“…Authors in different countries also worked on the prevalence of Raillietina tapeworm in pigeons and recorded lower or higher prevalence rate than reported in the present study. Mehmood et al (2019) in India recorded 25% prevalence, Safi-Eldin et al (2019) in Cairo, Egypt recorded 24.79% prevalence, Mohammed et al (2019) in Kano State, Nigeria recorded 13.80% prevalence, El-Dakhly et al (2019) in Aswan, Egypt recorded 43.33% prevalence, Sadeghi-Dehkordi et al (2019) in Hamedan, Iran recorded 20% prevalence, Chaechi-Nosrati et al (2018) in Lahijan, Guilan, Iran recorded 54.5% prevalence, Alkharigy et al (2018) in Tripoli, Libya recorded 35% prevalence, Umaru et al (2017) in Taraba State, Nigeria recorded 18.3% prevalence, Parsani et al (2014) in Gujrat, India recorded 31% prevalence. In contrast, Al Quraishy et al (2019) in Saudi Arabia recorded 77.78% prevalence, Diakou et al (2013) in Thessaloniki, Nothern Greece recorded 70.58% prevalence.…”

Haemoproteosis and avian malaria in Columbidae and Corvidae from Iran

“…Two thin blood smears were prepared for each host, were immediately dried in the air, preserved in absolute methanol and subsequently stained with Giemsa 10% at pH 7.2 (60 minutes) for the morphological screening of haemosporidian parasites. Blood films were examined under 400× and 1,000× of the Olympus BH2 light microscope (Olympus Co, Japan) via oil immersion in 100 fields for 35–40 minutes for haemosporidian parasites gametocytes discovery (Martinsen et al., 2006; Valkiūnas, 2005; Valkiūnas & Iezhova, 2018). Blood samples were immediately stored in an anticoagulant buffer and subsequently stored at −20 ° C until molecular experiments.…”

“…Despite the extent of knowledge on the avian haemosporidian parasites, information about domestic and wild bird's blood parasites is overall insufficient in Iran (Nourani et al., 2017a; Nourani et al., 2017b, Nourani et al., 2018a; Nourani et al., 2018b; Nourani & Dinparast Djadid, 2019; Nourani et al., 2020a; Nourani et al., 2020b; Nourani et al., 2020c). To date there have been limited investigations documenting morphological and molecular results of blood intracellular parasites infection in pet and domestic birds (Chaechi‐Nosrati et al., 2018; Mirzaei et al., 2016; Nematollahi et al., 2012). Haemoproteus (Hippoboscidae and Ceratopogonidae) and Plasmodium (Culicidae) parasites can be transmitted during blood meal of hematophagous dipteran (Valkiūnas, 2005) that their contribution in circulation parasites and distribution map remains unidentified in Iran (Nourani et al., 2020c).…”