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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Canaries were inoculated with a strain of Plasmodium relictum isolated from a mourning dove and maintained by blood passage through pigeons. Parasitemias reached a peak on the fourth day following inoculation in all but two birds, dropped sharply thereafter and remained at low levels through the tenth day of infection. An asexual cycle of twenty to twenty-four hours was observed, with matinal and synchronous sporulation. Gametocyte numbers were low throughout the infections and eleven merozoites, on the average, were produced per mature schizont. Signs of pathogenicity were not observed and all infected birds survived the active phase of infection. The host-specificity of the parasite is discussed.
Publication Date
1965
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
72
Issue
1
First Page
494
Last Page
501
Copyright
©1965 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ridgeway, B. T.
(1965)
"The Course of Columbiform Plasmodium Relictum Infections in Canaries,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 72(1), 494-501.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol72/iss1/70