<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">K.L. Adang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sonnie J. Oniye</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Augustine U. Ezealor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P.A. Abdu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">O.J. Ajanusi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">K.P. Yoriyo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ectoparasites and Gastro-Intestinal Helminths of Black-Billed Wood Dove (&lt;i&gt;Turtur abyssinicus&lt;/i&gt;) and Vinaceous Dove (&lt;i&gt;Streptopelia vinacea&lt;/i&gt;) Hartlaub and Finsch 1870 in Zaria, Nigeria.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Pacific Journal of Science and Technology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ectoparasites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gastrointestinal helminths</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nigeria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zaria</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238116480_Ectoparasites_and_Gastro-Intestinal_Helminths_of_Black-Billed_Wood_Dove_Turtur_abyssinicus_and_Vinaceous_Dove_Streptopelia_vinacea_Hartlaub_and_Finsch_1870_in_Zaria_Nigeria</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">850 - 856</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A total sample of 50 birds consisting of 40 Black- billed Wood Doves (Turtur abyssinicus) and 10 Vinaceous Doves (Streptopelia vinacea) Hartlaud and Finsch 1870 trapped from the wild in Zaria, Nigeria, were examined for ectoparasites and gastro-intestinal helminths, to determine the prevalence, intensity, and mean intensity of infestation and infection. The bodies of the birds were brushed onto a white sheet of paper placed in a tray for the collection of ectoparasites, while the gastro-intestinal tracts of the birds were examined for helminths.&lt;/p&gt;
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	Three species of ectoparasites, Menopon gallinae Linnaeus 1758 1 (2.5%), Columbicola columbae Linnaeus 1758 5 (12.5%), and Argas persicus Oken 1818 2 (5.0%) were collected from Black- billed Wood Dove while Menopon gallinae Linnaeus 1758, 2 (20.0%), Columbicola columbae Linnaeus 1758 19 (10.0%), and Pseudolynchia canariensis Macquart 1840 1 (10.0%) were collected from Vinaceous Dove.&lt;/p&gt;
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	Single and double infestations were found in 6 (15.0%) and 1 (2.5%) birds respectively in Black- billed Wood Dove, while only double type infestations were found in 2 (20.0%) Vinaceous Doves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sex-specific infestation rates were 5 (20.8%) in males and 2 (12.5%) in females in Black-billed Wood Dove and 1 (25.0%) in males and 1 (16.7%) in females in Vinaceous Dove. There was no significant difference (P&amp;gt; 0.05) in the infestation rates between the sexes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Five species of cestodes were collected from the gastro-intestinal tracts of Black-billed Wood Doves and three from Vinaceous Doves. The cestodes were Raillietina tetragona Molin, 1858 1 (2.5%), Raillietina cesticillus Molin, 1858 4 (10.0%), R. magninumida Jones, 1930 3 (7.5%), R. echinobothrida Megnin, 1881 5 (12.5%), Amoebotaenia cuneata Linstow, 1872 1 (2.5%), and R. cesticillus Molin, 1858 2 (20.0%), Hymenolepis carioca Magalhaes, 1898 1 (10.0%) and Hymenolepis cantaniana Polonio, 1860 1 (10.0%), respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only a single infection type was observed in Black-billed Wood Dove while Vinaceous Dove had single and double infections in the order 2 (20.0%) and 1 (10.0%), respectively. The sex- specific infection rates were 11 (45.8%) in males and 3 (18.8%) in females in Black-billed Wood Dove and 1 (25.0%) in males and 2 (33.3%) in females in Vinaceous Dove.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This study implicated the Black-billed Wood Dove and the Vinaceous Dove as a probable definitive host of some ectoparasites and helminths.&lt;/p&gt;
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