The occurrence of blood-inhabiting protozoa in captive and free-living penguins

Polar Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-10

  Jones, H I ^a   Shellam, G R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; BABESIA PEIRCEI; EUDYPTULA MINOR; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PLASMODIUM; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

EID: 0033050329     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050327     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Becker CD, Holloway HL (1968) A survey for haematozoa in Antarctic vertebrates. Trans Am Microsc Soc 87:354-360
2. Bennett GF, Whiteway M, Woodworth-Lynas C (1982) A host-parasite catalogue of the avian haematozoa. Occasional Papers in Biology, 5. Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
3. Berson JP (1964) Les protozoaires parasites des hematies et du systeme histiocytaire des oiseaux. Essai de nomenclature. Rev Elev Med Vet Pays Trop 17:43-96
4. Block W (1984) Terrestrial microbiology, invertebrates and ecosystems. In: Laws, P (ed) Antarctic ecology, vol 1. Academic Press, London pp 163-236
5. Brossy JJ (1992) Malaria in wild and captive jackass penguins Spheniscus demersus along the southern African coast. Ostrich 63:10-12
6. Clarke JR, Kerry KR (1993) Diseases and parasites of penguins. Korean J Polar Res 4:79-96
7. Cunningham M, Gibbs P, Rogers T, Spielman D, Walraven E (1993) Ecology and health of the little penguin Eudyptula minor near Sydney. Sydney Water Board, Sydney, Australia
8. Earle RA, Bennett GF, Brossy JJ (1992) First African record of Leucocytozoon tawaki (Apicomplexa: Leucocytozooidae) from the jackass penguin Spheniscus demersus. S Afr J Zool 27:89-90
9. Earle RA, Huchzermeyer FW, Bennett GF, Brossy JJ (1993) Babesia peircei sp. nov. from the jackass penguin. S Afr J Zool 28:88-90.
10. Fallis AM, Bisset SA, Allison FR (1976) Leucocytozoon tawaki n. sp. (Eucoccida: Leucocytozoidae) from the penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, and preliminary observations on its development in Austrosimulium spp. NZ J Zool 3:11-16
11. Fantham HB, Porter A (1944) On a Plasmodium (Plasmodium relictum var. spheniscidae, n. var) observed in four species of penguins. Proc Zool Soc Lond 114:279-292
12. Fix AS, Waterhouse C, Greiner EC, Stoskopf MK (1988) Plasmodium relictum as a cause of avian malaria in wild-caught Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus). J Wildl Dis 24:610-618
13. Fleischman RW, Squire RA, Sladen WJL, Melby EC (1968) Malaria Plasmodium elongatum in captive African penguins Spheniscus demersus. J Am Vet Med Assoc 153:928-935
14. Garnham PCC (1966) Malaria parasites and other haemosporidia. Blackwell, Oxford
15. Graczyk TK, Brossy JJ, Plos A, Stoskopf MK (1995a) Avian malaria seroprevalence in jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in South Africa. J Parasitol 81:703-707
16. Graczyk TK, Cranfield MR, Brossy JJ, Cockrem JF, Jouventin P, Seddon PJ (1995b) Detection of avian malaria infections in wild and captive penguins. J Helminthol Soc Wash 62:135-141
17. Griner LA, Sheridan BW (1967) Malaria (Plasmodium relictum) in penguins at the San Diego Zoo. Am J Vet Clin Pathol 1:7-17
18. Herman CM, Kocan RM, Snyder EL, Knisley JO (1968) Plasmodium elongatum from a penguin. Bull Wildl Dis Assoc 4:132
19. Herman CM, Gray C, Knisley JO Jr, Kocan RM (1974) Malarial infections in the avian collection of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and in indigenous birds. Third International Congress of Parasitology, Munich, Germany, pp 1677-1678
20. Huff CG, Shiroishi T (1962) Natural infection of Humboldt's penguin with Plasmodium elongatum. J Parasitol 48:495
21. Jones HI (1988) Notes on parasites in penguins (Spheniscidae) and petrels (Procellariidae) in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. J Wildl Dis 24:166-167
22. Jones HI, Shellam GR (in press) Blood parasites in penguins, and their potential impact on penguin conservation. Proceedings of the Third International Penguin Conference, Cape Town, 1996 in: Marine Ornithology
23. Jones HI, Woehler EJ (1989) A new species of blood trypanosome from little penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Tasmania. J Protozool 36:389-390
24. Laird M (1950) Some parasites of New Zealand birds. Victoria Univ Coll Zool Publ 5:1-20
25. Laird M (1952) Protozoological studies at Macquarie Island. Trans R Soc NZ 70:583-588
26. Laird M (1961) A lack of avian and mammalian haematozoa in the Antarctic and Canadian Arctic. Can J Zool 39:209-213
27. Merino S, Barbosa A, Moreno J, Potti J (1997) Absence of haematozoa in a wild chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica population. Polar Biol 18:227-228
28. Mykytowycz R, Hesterman ER (1957) A note on tick infestation of the fairy penguin, Eudyptula minor Forster. CSIRO Wildl Res 2:165-166
29. Peirce MA, Prince PA (1980) Hepatozoon albatrossi sp. nov. (Eucoccida: Hepatozoidae) from Diomedea spp. in the Antarctic. J Nat Hist 14:447-452
30. Raethel H (1960) Plasmodieninfektionen bei Pinguinem des Berliner Zoologischen Gartens und ihre Bedeutung fur die Pinguinhalten. Kleintier Prax 5:64-70
31. Rhodain J, Andrianne VF (1953) Deux nouveaux cas d'importation par Plasmodium chez des pingouins. Ann Parasitol Hum Comp 27:573-577
32. Scott HH (1927) Report on the deaths occurring in the Society's gardens during the year 1926. Proc Zool Soc Lond 1297:173-198
33. Wallace RS, Teare JA, Diebold E, Michaels M, Willis MJ (1995) Hematology and plasma chemistry values in free-ranging Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in Chile. Zoo Biology 14:311-316