@article {48189,
	title = {Interrelationships of parasites of White-winged Doves and Mourning Doves in Florida},
	journal = {Journal of Wildlife Diseases},
	volume = {17},
	year = {1981},
	month = {1981},
	pages = {529 - 536},
	abstract = {<p>The parasites of indigenous populations of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) in north and south Florida were compared with those of an introduced population of white-winged doves (z. asiatica) in south Florida. Thirty-two species of parasites including 5 protozoans, 7 nematodes, 2 trematodes, 2 cestodes, 7 acarines, 7 mallophagans, and 2 dipterans were found. Of these, 16 common to both species of doves. Mourning doves from north Florida showed a more diverse parasite fauna than did the white-winged or mourning dove populations from south Florida. Nematodes were the most common parasites in all three populations; infected doves contained one or two nematode species per dove. Total helminth burdens per infected dove averaged 13.1 for white-winged doves, 19.9 for mourning doves in south Florida, and 6.6 for mourning doves in north Florida. The prevalence of infections by Trichomonas gallinae was higher in white-winged doves (97\%) than in mourning doves in south Florida (17\%) or in mourning doves in north Florida (1\%). The high prevalence of this parasite in expanding populations of white-winged doves may pose a threat to mourning dove populations since some strains of T. gallinae are pathogenic.</p>
},
	url = {http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/pdf/10.7589/0090-3558-17.4.529},
	author = {Conti,J. A. and Forrester,Donald J.}
}
