| effects of host sociality on ectoparasite population biology. | theory predicts a positive relationship between parasite infection intensity and host density. however, this generalization is complicated in natural systems by differences in life history among parasite taxa, e.g., transmissibility. accordingly, predictions relating host density to parasite load should be specific to each parasite taxon. to illustrate this, we studied parasites that differed greatly in life history in the context of the galapagos hawk's (buteo galapagoensis) variably cooperativ ... | 2004 | 15562590 |
| chewing lice (phthiraptera) of several species of wild birds in iran, with new records. | although there are about 520 species of birds in iran, but only some of them have been checked for ectoparasites so far.the aim of this study was to check some more available species of the birds of iran for lice. | 2013 | 23785698 |
| chewing lice (phthiraptera) from wild birds in southern portugal. | this study was carried out to determine chewing louse species of wild birds in the ria formosa natural park, located in southern portugal. in addition, the hypothesis that bird age, avian migration and social behaviour have an impact on the louse prevalence was tested. between september and december of 2013, 122 birds (belonging to 10 orders, 19 families, 31 genera and 35 species) captured in scientific ringing sessions and admitted to the wildlife rehabilitation and investigation centre of ria ... | 2016 | 26899014 |
| eight polymorphic microsatellite markers isolated from the widespread avian louse colpocephalum turbinatum (phthiraptera: amblycera: menoponidae). | we report eight novel microsatellite loci for colpocephalum turbinatum, a parasitic louse of the endangered galápagos hawk (buteo galapagoensis). two island populations of c. turbinatum (n = 30) were genotyped for each locus. we found between two and 12 alleles per locus, polymorphic information content from 0.268 to 0.798, observed heterozygosity from 0.067 to 0.667 and no linkage disequilibrium was detected between loci. these markers will be useful in understanding contemporary gene flow of c ... | 2009 | 21564787 |
| population characteristics of black kite lice. | a look on literature revealed that the population characteristics of phthiraptera infesting black kite, milvus migrans boddaert deserved investigation. thirty-two kites were sampled in district rampur (u.p.) india during january 2011-december 2012, for the presence of phthirapteran ectoparasites. two amblyceran species, laemobothrion maximum scopoli and colpocephalum turbinatum denny and one ischnoceran louse, degeeriella regalis giebel were recovered. the prevalence, intensity of infestation, s ... | 2017 | 28848259 |
| influence of bill and foot morphology on the ectoparasites of barn owls. | preening is the principle behavioral defense used by birds to combat ectoparasites. most birds have a small overhang at the tip of their bills that is used to shear through the tough cuticle of ectoparasitic arthropods, making preening much more efficient. birds may also scratch with their feet to defend against ectoparasites. this is particularly important for removing ectoparasites on the head, which birds cannot preen. scratching may be enhanced by the comb-like serrations that are found on t ... | 2012 | 22010835 |
| impact of epidemiological factors on the prevalence, intensity and distribution of ectoparasites in pigeons. | this study was carried out on domestic pigeons (columba livia domestica) from september (2014) to june (2015) to determine the prevalence, intensity and species of ectoparasites in sargodha region, east of pakistan. a total of 200 domestic pigeons were inspected from the study area. parasites were collected by forceps and stored in 70% ethanol. the epidemiological information e.g. health condition, color of plumage, mode of living, breed, intensity etc. were recorded in the form of questionnaire ... | 2017 | 29114144 |
| successful rearing of colpocephalum turbinatum (phthiraptera). | | 1971 | 5286198 |