Health status of free-living pigeons in the city of Santiago
Author
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Toro, H.
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Saucedo, C.
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Borie Polanco, Consuelo
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Gough, R. E.
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Alcaíno, H.
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2018-12-20T14:53:15Z
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2018-12-20T14:53:15Z
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1999
Cita de ítem
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Avian Pathology (1999) 28, 619-623
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03079457
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10.1080/03079459994416
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/157298
Abstract
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A total of 100 free-living urban pigeons (Columba livia) were captured in the city of Santiago, Chile, in order to evaluate, for the first time, their health status. Negligible antibody titres (1 to 3 log(2)) were detected in 22% of the birds against a strain of the paramyxovirus (PMV) serotype 1. No pigeons had antibodies against PMV serotype 7 and avian influenza. Salmonella sp. belonging to serogroups B and D were isolated from the intestinal tract of three pigeons (3%). The protozoa Haemoproteus columbae, Plasmodium sp., and Leucocytozoon sp, were not detected in any pigeons. Trichomonas gallinae was detected in 11%, without observation of either clinical signs or gross pathological changes at necropsy. Sixty-seven percent of the birds showed the presence of the chewing lice Columbicola columbae and Campanulotes bidentatus compar, and 1% harboured the mite Laminosioptes cysticola, Seven species of nematodes were identified. The frequency at which each species was detected was; Tetrameres sp, (14%), Capillaria annulata (1%), Capillaria columbae (11%), Capillaria obsignata (1%), Ascaridia columbae (5%), Dispharynx spiralis (2%), and Gongylonema ingluvicola (2%), The class Cestoda, found in one pigeon, was represented by the species Aporina delafondi. No trematodes were detected in the sampled birds.