Publications

prevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in pigeons (columba livia) in taiwan.	starting from january 2004 to december 2004, 665 blood serum samples from pigeons (columba livia) were collected from 44 pigeonaries in 11 counties and 20 regions in taiwan. these samples were examined by latex agglutination test (lat) for antibodies to toxoplasma gondii by using the lat. antibodies were found in 4.7% (31/ 665) of pigeons at a lat titer of 1:32 or higher. the prevalence in taiwan was highest in the northern areas (6.0%; 13/216) and lowest in the eastern areas (1.8%; 2/111).	2006	16995410
pigeon circovirus infection in disqualified racing pigeons from taiwan.	pigeons (columba livia) infected with pigeon circovirus (picv) have been reported worldwide. the present study diagnosed picv infection in tissue samples of disqualified racing pigeons in taiwan, using molecular and microscopy diagnostics. among the 164 dead pigeons examined, 96.95% (159/164) tested positive for picv. severe histopathological lesions, with characteristic inclusions, were observed in various organs of the picv-infected pigeons. multiglobular basophilic intranuclear and intracytop ...	2017	28132523
the subgenus persicargas (ixodoidea: argasidae: argas). 27. the life cycle of a. (p.) robertsi population samples from taiwan, thailand, indonesia, australia, and sri lanka.	to provide background data for an investigation of biological interrelationships between argas (persicargas) robertsi hoogstraal, kaiser and kohls and 3 arboviruses (kao shuan, pathum thani, and nyamanini) isolated from this tick species, domestic pigeons were used as experimental hosts to study the life cycle of population samples from taiwan (ta), thailand (th), indonesia (in), sri lanka (sr), and australia (au). the life cycle (at 28-30 degrees c and 75% rh) required 2-10 months. biological d ...	1975	1226539