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A LOCALIZED EPIZOOTIC OF TRICHOMONIASIS IN MOURNING DOVES
1 Department of Zoology and Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50010, U.S.A.
2 Research Division, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, P.O. Box 30370, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503, U.S.A.
Trichomonas gallinae was present in 47% (57/121) of adult, 41% (7/17) of juvenile, and 29% (2/7) of nestling mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) from Lincoln, Nebraska. Throat lesions were present in 5.9% (43/724) of the mourning doves trapped for banding. Two of four pigeons (Columba livia) possessed T. gallinae, but none contained throat lesions.
Submitted on June 25, 1973
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