Occurrence ofCryptosporidium hominisin pigeons (Columba livia)

✍ Scribed by Néstor Abreu-Acosta; Pilar Foronda-Rodríguez; Mercedes López; Basilio Valladares

• Book ID: 111490629
• Publisher: Versita
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 150 KB
• Volume: 54
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1230-2821
• DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0008-4

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study demonstrated the presence of Cryptosporidium hominis in pigeons for the first time. Previously, C. hominis had been cited only in another bird species, Branta canadiensis. The present findings suggest that pigeons may act as mechanical vectors for this protozoan.