@article {48415, title = {Two new records of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) on Leptotila megalura (Aves: Columbidae) from Argentina}, journal = {Revista Society Entomologia de Argentina}, volume = {67}, year = {2008}, month = {2008}, pages = {121 - 124}, abstract = {

Paper in Spanish

Spanish title:Dos nuevos registros de piojos masticadores (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) sobre Leptotila megalura (Aves: Columbidae) en la Argentina

Resumen:\ Dos especies de piojos masticadores (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae), Physconelloides ceratoceps Ewing y Columbicola gracilicapitis Carriker, son registradas por primera vez sobre Leptotila megalura Sclater \& Salvin (\“yerut\í yungue\ña\”) (Aves: Columbidae). Adem\ás, C. gracilicapitis es citada por primera vez para la Argentina.

Abstract: Two species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae), Physconelloides ceratoceps Ewing and Columbicola gracilicapitis Carriker are recorded for the first time on Leptotila megalura Sclater \& Salvin (\“Large-tailed dove\”) (Aves: Columbidae). In addition, C. gracilicapitis is recorded for the first time in Argentina.

}, keywords = {Chewing lice, doves, ectoparasites, First Record}, issn = {0373-5680}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/47561.pdf}, author = {Guardia,Leonor} } @article {39821, title = {Health status of free-living pigeons in the city of Santiago}, journal = {Avian Pathology}, volume = {28}, year = {1999}, month = {1999}, pages = {619 - 623}, abstract = {

A total of 100 free-living urban pigeons (Columba livia) were captured in the city of Santiago, Chile, in order to evaluate, for the first time, their health status. Negligible antibody titres (1 to 3 log(2)) were detected in 22\% of the birds against a strain of the paramyxovirus (PMV) serotype 1. No pigeons had antibodies against PMV serotype 7 and avian influenza. Salmonella sp. belonging to serogroups B and D were isolated from the intestinal tract of three pigeons (3\%). The protozoa Haemoproteus columbae, Plasmodium sp., and Leucocytozoon sp, were not detected in any pigeons. Trichomonas gallinae was detected in 11\%, without observation of either clinical signs or gross pathological changes at necropsy. Sixty-seven percent of the birds showed the presence of the chewing lice Columbicola columbae and Campanulotes bidentatus compar, and 1\% harboured the mite Laminosioptes cysticola, Seven species of nematodes were identified. The frequency at which each species was detected was; Tetrameres sp, (14\%), Capillaria annulata (1\%), Capillaria columbae (11\%), Capillaria obsignata (1\%), Ascaridia columbae (5\%), Dispharynx spiralis (2\%), and Gongylonema ingluvicola (2\%), The class Cestoda, found in one pigeon, was represented by the species Aporina delafondi. No trematodes were detected in the sampled birds.

}, keywords = {doves}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/03079459994416}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03079459994416}, author = {Toro,H. and Saucedo,C. and Borie,C. and Gough,R. E. and Alcaino,H.} } @article {39308, title = {Comparative effects of mites and lice on the reproductive success of rock doves (Columba livia)}, journal = {Parasitology}, volume = {110}, year = {1995}, month = {1995}, pages = {195 - 206}, abstract = {

We report experimental data comparing the effects of Mesostigmatid mites and Ischnoceran lice on the reproductive performance of a single group of captive rock doves (Columba livia). Several components of host reproductive success were compared for the two groups, including number of eggs laid, hatching success, nestling growth rates, fledging success, post-fledging body mass and survival. Adult body mass and survival were also compared. There was a dramatic difference in the effects of the mites and lice. The former drove host reproductive success to zero, mainly by agitating adults and causing them to incubate eggs less faithfully. Nestling growth rates and post-fledging survival were also significantly reduced by mites. Lice showed no effect on reproductive success whatsoever, even though the feather damage they cause is known to have energetic consequences (Booth, Clayton and Block, 1993). Neither parasite had a significant effect on adult birds. Although Ischnocera are found on most species of birds, our results for lice constitute the first experimental test of the impact of Ischnocera on avian reproductive success (preliminary report by Clayton and Tompkins, 1994). We discuss reasons for the different effects of mites and lice, including the relationship of horizontal (mites) and vertical (lice) transmission to the evolution of virulence,

}, keywords = {cliff, cost, doves, ecology, ectoparasite, host, lice, mites, parasitism, reproduction, rock, swallows, vector}, url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/0742.pdf}, author = {Clayton,Dale H. and Tompkins,D. M.} }