Blood Parasites in Captive Penguins
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Birds may be host to a number of species of blood-inhabiting protozoa and nematode worms transmitted by haematophagous arthropods. Protozoan parasites include haemosporidia in the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, Hepatozoon, and Babesia, and haemoflagellates in the genus Trypanosoma. Most families of birds are susceptible to blood protozoal infection in the wild (Bennett et al. 1982) and prevalence, especially in the tropics, may be high (>30%, Jones 1985). Nematode worms in the family Filariidae occur in many species of birds, but they have not been reported from penguins, and will not be considered further in this paper.
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