Prevalence of Haemoproteus columbae in domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) reared in a coastal enclave of Southern India

Deva Ramu; Bhushan Krishnamurthy; Devadharshini Jayakumar; Siddhartha Sankar Das; Mathivathani Cattavarayane; Angeline Felicia Bora Christopher

doi:10.31893/avr.2022016

Keywords:

blood smear

erythrocytes

gametocyte

Pseudolynchia canariensis

Puducherry

Abstract

Haemoproteus columbae is a species of malarian parasite affecting pigeons coming under the family Plasmodiidae. A study was conducted to know the prevalence of Haemoproteus columbae in domestic pigeons of the coastal enclave of Puducherry, India, using thin blood smears stained with Giemsa and Leishman stain, which was confirmed by the presence of gametocytes in the RBCs. A total of 50 blood samples were collected and examined during the study, out of which 46 (92%) samples were found to be positive for Haemoproteus columbae in the adolescent and adult age group of birds, and the vector Pseudolynchia canariensis were also collected from the birds during the study period.
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Ramu, D., Krishnamurthy, B., Jayakumar, D., Das, S. S., Cattavarayane, M., & Christopher, A. F. B. (2022). Prevalence of Haemoproteus columbae in domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) reared in a coastal enclave of Southern India. Applied Veterinary Research, 1(4), 2022016. https://doi.org/10.31893/avr.2022016

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[2] Alkharigy, Ferial A., Adnan S. El Naas, and Abdulhakim A. EL Maghrbi. "Survey of parasites in domestic pigeons (Columba livia) in Tripoli, Libya. Open veterinary journal 8:360-366.

[3] Atkinson, Carter T, Robert J Dusek, Karen L Woods, William M Iko (2000) Pathogenicity of avian malaria in experimentally-infected Hawaii Amakihi. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:197-201.

[4] Borkataki S, Katoch R, Goswami P, Godara R, Khajuria JK, Yadav A, Kour R, Mir I (2015) Incidence of Haemoproteus columbae in pigeons of Jammu district. Journal of Parasitic Diseases 39:426-428.

[5] Durrant KL, Beadell JS, Ishtiaq F, Graves GR, Olson SL, Gering E, Peirce MA, Milensky CM, Schmidt BK, Gebhard C, Fleischer RC (2006) Avian hematozoa in South America: a comparison of temperate and tropical zones. Ornithological Monographs 98-111.

[6] GicikY, Arslan MÖ (2001) Blood parasites of wild pigeons in Ankara District. Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences 25:169-172.

[7] Mandal FB (1990) Seasonal incidence of blood-inhabiting Haemoproteus columbae Kruse (Sporozoa: Haemoproteidae) in pigeons. Indian Journal of Animal Health 29:29-35.

[8] Merino S, Potti J (1995) High prevalence of hematozoa in nestlings of a passerine species, zthe pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Auk 112:1041–1043

[9] Møller AP (1998) Evidence of larger impact of parasites on hosts in the tropics: investment in immune function within and outside the tropics. Oikos 265-270.

[10] Msoffe PL, Muhairwa AP, Chiwang GH, Kassuku A (2010) A study of ecto-and endo-parasites of domestic pigeons in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania.

[11] Ricklefs RE, Swanson BL, Fallon SM, MartÍnez-AbraÍn A, Scheuerlein A, Gray J, Latta SC (2005) Community relationships of avian malaria parasites in southern Missouri. Ecological Monographs 75:543-559.

[12] Samani AD, Kheirabadi KP, Samani AD (2013) Prevalence and rate of parasitemia of Haemoproteus columbae in Columba livia domestica in southwest of Iran. Iranian journal of parasitology 8:641.

[13] Scaglione FE, Pregel P, Cannizzo FT, Pérez-Rodríguez AD, Ferroglio E, Bollo E (2015) Prevalence of new and known species of haemoparasites in feral pigeons in northwest Italy. Malaria Journal 14:1-5.

[14] Shinde NG, Gatne ML, Singh A (2008) Prevalence of parasites in pigeons (Columba livia domestica) of Mumbai. Journal of Veterinary Parasitology 22:65-66.

[15] Sol D, Jovani R, Torres J (2003) Parasite mediated mortality and host immune response explain age-related differences in blood parasitism in birds. Oecologia 135:542–547.

[16] Soulsby EJL (1982) Helminths, Arthropods and Protozoa of Domesticated Animals. 7th edn, Balliere Tindall and Cassel, London, pp. 440, 700, 702.

[17] Taylor MA, Coop RL, Wall RL (2016) Veterinary Parasitology, 4th edn, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 148-149.

[18] Marques T, Curados SM, Silva RJ, Baldo CM (2007) Parasites of pigeons (Columba livia) in urban areas of lages, Southern Brazil. Parasitología latinoamericana 62:183-187.

[19] Tomás G, Merino S, Moreno J, Morales J, Martínez-De La Puente J (2007) Impact of blood parasites on immunoglobulin level and parental effort: a medication field experiment on a wild passerine. Functional Ecology:125-133.

[20] Valkiūnas G, Tadas Z̆, Anatoly PS, Tatjana AI (2006) Effect of Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) on body mass of the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla. Journal of Parasitology 92:1123-1125.

[21] Zhang Y, Yuchun W, Qiang Z, Dongdong S, Fasheng Z (2014) Prevalence patterns of avian Plasmodium and Haemoproteus parasites and the influence of host relative abundance in southern China. PloS one 9:e99501.

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