Prevalence of blood parasites in Tyrannidae (Flycatchers) in the eastern plains of Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Matta, Nubia E ^a   Basto, Natalia ^a   Gutierrez, Rafael ^a   Rodríguez, Oscar A ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood parasites; Flycatchers; Haematozoa; Neotropical region; Tyrannidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIA; GENUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRYPANOSOMA;

AVES; FILARIA; MIONECTES; MIONECTES OLEAGINEUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 3042567712     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000300005     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bennett GF 1962. The haematocrit centrifuge for the laboratory diagnosis of Haematozoa. Can J Zool 40: 124-125.
2. Bennett GF, Borrero JI 1976. Blood parasites of some birds from Colombia. J Wildl Dis 12: 454-458.
3. Bennett GF, Garvin M, Bates JM 1991. Avian haematozoa from west-central Bolivia. J Parasitol 77: 207-211.
4. Bennett GF, Witt H, White EM 1980. Blood parasites of some Jamaican birds. J Wildl Dis 16: 29-38.
5. Bennett GF, Whiteway M, Woodworth-Lynas C 1982. A Host-parasite Catalogue of the Avian Haematozoa, Occasional Papers in Biology 5, St John's, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland.
6. Bishop MA, Bennett GF 1992. Host-parasite Catalogue of the Avian Haematozoa, Occasional Papers in Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland.
7. Gabaldón A, Ulloa G 1976. Encuesta sobre malaria aviaria en Venezuela: resultados del tercer y último año. Bol Dir Malar San Aml XVI: 107-117.
8. Garnham PC 1966. Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
9. Greiner EC, Bennett GF, White EM, Coombs RF 1975. Distribution of the avian hematozoa of North America. Can J Zool 53: 762-1787.
10. Haffer J 1985. Avian zoogeography of the Neotropical lowlands. In PA Buckley, MS Foster, ES Morton, RS Ridgely, FG Buckley (eds), Neotropical Ornithology, Ornithological Monographs 36, p. 113-196.
11. Muñoz E, Ferrer D, Molina R, Adlard RD 1999. Prevalence of haematozoa in birds of prey in Catalonia. Vet Record 144: 623-636.
12. Nandi NC, Bennett GF 1994. Re-description of Trypanosoma corvi Stephens and Christophers, 1908 emend. Baker, 1976 and remarks on the trypanosomes of the avian family Corvidae. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 89: 145-151.
13. Renjifo S, Sanmartin C, Zulueta J 1952. A survey of the blood parasites of vertebrates in eastern Colombia. Acta Trop 9: 151-169.
14. Rodríguez OA, Matta NE 2001. Blood parasites in some birds from eastern plains of Colombia. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 96: 173-1176.
15. White EM, Greiner EC, Bennett GF, Herman CM 1978. Distribution of the hematozoa of Neotropical birds. Rev Biol Trop 26: 43-102.
16. Woo PT, Bartlett CM 1982. Trypanosoma ontarioensis n.sp. and T. paddae from Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos in Ontario, Canada, with notes on the biology of T. ontarioensis n.sp. Can J Zool 60: 2107-2115.