| pathophysiological responses to a schistosome infection in a wild population of mourning doves (zenaida macroura). | the blood trematode gigantobilharzia huronensis typically infects passerine birds and has not been reported in other orders of wild birds. however, in the summer of 2011 in tempe, arizona, usa, mourning doves (zenaida macroura; order: columbiformes) were collected with infections of g. huronensis. this is the first report of a natural schistosome infection found in wild populations of doves. we sought to determine if g. huronensis infections alter the general body condition and physiology of dov ... | 2015 | 26265584 |