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http://dx.doi.org/10.7853/kjvs.2015.38.2.77

Parasites of feral pigeon (Columba livia) by fecal examination from some areas in Seoul, Korea  

Kim, Se-Min (Foreign Affairs Intelligence Division, Foreign Affairs Bureau, Korean National Police)
Lee, Sang-Eun (Division of Malaria & Parasitic Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health)
Kim, Neunghee (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Hera (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Kim, Youngseob (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Lee, Juhyoung (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Cho, Shin-Hyeong (Division of Malaria & Parasitic Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health)
Lee, Won-Ja (Division of Malaria & Parasitic Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health)
Park, Bae-Keun (Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Jung, Bae-Dong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Hyeon-Cheol (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service / v.38, no.2, 2015 , pp. 77-81 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of helminths parasites from collected fecal samples of 410 feral pigeons (Columba livia) in 3 different areas of Gwangjin-gu, Seongdong-gu and Dongdaemun-gu in Seoul from December, 2011 to July, 2012 in Korea. The fecal samples were examined through by the centrifugation method using formalin-ether solution. The overall prevalence of parasites in the pigeons was 29.27% (120/410). Two nematodes (Tetrameres spp. and Capillaria spp.) and one protozoa (Eimeria spp.) were identified. In the case of nematodes, Tetrameres spp. dominated numerically (58, 14.15%), followed by Capillaria spp. (10, 2.44%) and oocysts of Eimeria spp. were detected in 78 cases (19.02%). This investigation introduces the result of examination on the prevalence of parasites in feral pigeons from some areas in Seoul for the first time.
Keywords
Tetrameres; Capillaria; Eimeria; Fecal examination; Feral pigeon; Seoul;
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