<?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%">A. I. Akinpelu</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Survey of parasites of the blue-billed malimbe; &lt;i&gt;Malimbus nitens&lt;/i&gt;; (Gray)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blue-billed Malimbe</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">intensity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malimbus nitens</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">parasites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seasonality</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jul-12-2006</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ajol.info/index.php/just/article/view/32959</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">27-33</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 survey of the parasites of blue-billed malimbus, Malimbus nitens was carried out from January to December 1999 in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. A total of 182 specimens of the host bird were examined and 13 species of parasites were recovered. 58.3% were infected with 7 species of parasites. Concurrent infections of Columbicola sp; Phylopterus sp and Ornithornyssus bursa were very common. 4 specimens of the host had multiple infections of Leucocytozoon sp; Columbicola sp; Phylopterus sp; Ornithonyssus bursa and Cnemidocoptes sp. Cnemidocoptes had the highest (88.7 &amp;plusmn; 15.3) mean intensity of infection while Prosthogonimus macrorchis had the least (2.0 &amp;plusmn; 0.7). There were no significant differences in the prevalaneces of infections between the sexes (P&amp;gt;0.05) but parasite intensities were significantly different among the adult and sub-adults. Six of the 13 recorded parasites had higher prevalences during the dry season while only 2 of the recorded parasites had high prevalences during the rainy season, with seasonal prevalences of infection being statistically significant (P&amp;lt;0.05). Leucocytozoon sp; Ceratophyllus sp; Ornithonyssus bursa and Cnemidocoptes sp. Exhibited aggregate distribution.&lt;/p&gt;
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