%0 Journal Article
%T Parasites of domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana : short communication
%A E.Z. Mushi
%A M.G. Binta
%A R.G. Chabo
%A R. Ndebele
%J Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
%D 2012
%I AOSIS OpenJournals
%R 10.4102/jsava.v71i4.726
%X The following parasites were found in apparently healthy pigeons kept in Sebele: a haemoprotozoan, Haemoproteus columbae (80 %); endoparasite metazoan nematodes, Ascaridia columbae(30 %) and Dispharynx spiralis(10 %); a cestode, Raillietina sp. (80 %) and coccidian oocysts (40 %); 2 ectoparasites, namely the pigeon fly, Pseudolynchia canariensis (50 %) and the louse, Columbicola columbae (30 %). The pigeons also had high antibody titres, (1:256) to the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (100 %). The latter infection in these domestic pigeons has public health implications.
%K Botswana
%K Ectoparasites
%K Endoparasites
%K Haemoparasites
%K Pigeons
%K Toxoplasma Gondii
%K Zoonosis
%U http://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/726