| vector-host interactions of culex pipiens complex in northeastern and southwestern usa. | studies on the vector-host interactions of culex pipiens complex mosquitoes by sequencing portions of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene indicate that cx. p. pipiens f. pipiens predominantly feed on avian hosts (93.1%), and focus feeding activity on several key bird species, in particular the american robin, the gray catbird, and the house sparrow in connecticut. however, cx. p. quinquefasciatus indiscriminately feed on both birds and mammals. culex p. quinquefasciatus in harris county - texas and ... | 2012 | 23401953 |
| helminth community composition, structure, and pattern in six dove species (columbiformes: columbidae) of south texas. | abstract abstract: the helminth community composition and structure of 6 species of columbids residing in south texas are reported and compared herein. sixty rock pigeons, columba livia (rp), mourning doves, zenaida macroura (md), eurasian collared-doves, streptopelia decaocto (ecd), white-winged doves, zenaida asiatica (wwd), common ground doves, columbina passerina (cgd), and 48 inca doves, columbina inca (id), were collected during the summer of 2006 and examined for helminths. twelve he ... | 2011 | 21955248 |
| host feeding pattern of culex quinquefasciatus (diptera: culicidae) and its role in transmission of west nile virus in harris county, texas. | the vertebrate hosts of 672 blood-engorged culex quinquefasciatus say, collected in harris county, texas, during 2005, were identified by nucleotide sequencing pcr products of the cytochrome b gene. analysis revealed that 39.1% had acquired blood from birds, 52.5% from mammals, and 8.3% were mixed avian and mammalian blood meals. most frequent vertebrate hosts were dog (41.0%), mourning dove (18.3%), domestic cat (8.8%), white-winged dove (4.3%), house sparrow (3.2%), house finch (3.0%), gray ca ... | 2007 | 17620633 |
| effects of host and spatial factors on a haemoproteid community in mourning doves from western texas. | two species of hematozoa, haemoproteus columbae and h. sacharovi, were observed on thin blood smears from populations of mourning doves (zenaida macroura) in the rolling plains (rp, a semiarid dryland farming and grazing area) and southern high plains (shp, an intensively cultivated and irrigated agricultural region with playa lakes) of western texas (usa). prevalences of h. columbae and h. sacharovi were 91 and 18% in doves from the rp (n = 44 doves examined) and 81 and 36% in those from thte s ... | 1990 | 2250318 |
| observations on the involvement of wildlife in an epornitic of chlamydiosis in domestic turkeys. | in an investigation of potential wildlife reservoirs of chlamydia psittaci at the site of an acute, highly fatal epornitic of chlamydiosis in domestic turkeys in texas, various species of wild birds and rodents were captured and tested for chlamydial serum antibodies and chlamydiae in their tissues. thirteen (65%) of 20 blackbirds (agelaius sp), 4 (44%) of 9 killdeer (oxyechus vociferus), 3 (27%) of 11 sparrows (passer sp) and 1 of 4 mourning doves (zenaidura macroura) were seropositive, but chl ... | 1976 | 988009 |