| synanthropic birds and parasites. | this paper describes the parasitologic findings for 60 synanthropic bird carcasses recovered in the campania region of southern italy. birds consisted of 20 yellow-legged gulls (larus michahellis), 15 rock pigeons (columba livia), 15 common kestrels (falco tinnunculus), and 10 carrion crows (corvus corone). each carcass was examined to detect the presence of ectoparasites and then necropsied to detect helminths. ectoparasites occurred in 100% of the birds examined. in particular, chewing lice we ... | 2013 | 24597118 |
| occurrence of enteropathogenic bacteria in urban pigeons (columba livia) in italy. | this study was aimed at evaluating the prevalence of campylobacter spp., escherichia coli o157, salmonella spp., and related virulence factors (the cdt, stx, and eae genes) in urban pigeons of the coastal area of the campania region (southern italy). to achieve this goal, cloacal swab samples from a total of 1800 urban pigeons were collected and subjected to culture methods, pcr, and serotyping. the results of the present study showed a prevalence of 48.3% (870/1800), 7.8% (141/1800), and 0.9% ( ... | 2014 | 24661012 |