01094nas a2200193 4500008004100000245015700041210006900198520025200267653003300519653002100552653002300573100002600596700001700622700001700639700001300656700001100669700001700680856020300697 2022 eng d00aBird and parasite conservation are not incompatible: an example from the endangered Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) and its parasitic lice (Phthiraptera)0 aBird and parasite conservation are not incompatible an example f3 a

Presentation at the 16th China Ornithological congress, discussing briefly the need for taking parasites into account for conservation and breeding programs, focusing on the specific example of lice from the crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)

10aGuimaraesiella ailaoshanensi10aMyrsidea liopari10aResartor extraneus1 aGustafsson, Daniel, R1 aTian, Chunpo1 aYu, Xiaoping1 aXu, Lulu1 aWu, Si1 aZou, Fasheng uhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/359837194_Bird_and_parasite_conservation_are_not_incompatible_an_example_from_the_endangered_Crested_Ibis_Nipponia_nippon_and_its_parasitic_lice_Phthiraptera02049nas a2200217 4500008004100000022002500041245016400066210006900230260001600299300001600315490000700331520130600338653001901644100002601663700001701689700001701706700001301723700001101736700001701747856006701764 2021 eng d a0960-3115, 1572-971000aUnintentional parasite conservation success: chewing lice recovered from Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon, in breeding program facilities in Shaanxi, China0 aUnintentional parasite conservation success chewing lice recover c05-Sep-2021 a3939–39630 v303 a

The crested ibis has survived a dramatic population decline during the twentieth century, declining from a range across much of China, Japan, the Korean peninsula and nearby Russia, to a known world population of seven individuals. These formed the basis of a successful breeding program in Shaanxi, China. We examined ibises in this breeding program for ectoparasites, to establish whether any of the three chewing louse species known from this host had survived this severe host population bottleneck. We recovered representatives of three species of lice, identified as the same species as those previously known from the wild populations: Ardeicola nippon, Colpocephalum nipponi, and Ibidoecus meinertzhageni. Of these, the two first species were recovered from almost all examined hosts, whereas I. meinertzhageni was more rare. As these lice are host specific, this implies that all three louse species remarkably survived this bottleneck, and are now thriving in both the reintroduced and captive populations of crested ibis. This constitutes an unintentional success story in the conservation of parasitic species. We provide the first photos of all three species, as well as a preliminary assessment of their conservation status, and discuss the future of chewing louse conservation.

10areintroduction1 aGustafsson, Daniel, R1 aTian, Chunpo1 aYu, Xiaoping1 aXu, Lulu1 aWu, Si1 aZou, Fasheng uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10531-021-02283-8