Senlık Bayram, Güleğen Ender, Akyol Volkan
Uludağ Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Parazitoloji A.B.D., Görükle/BURSA, Turkey.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2005;29(2):100-2.
A total of 100 domestic pigeons from 10 different districts of Bursa were examined for ectoparasites; 72% of them were found to be infested and 3 species were determined. Goniocotes bidentatus was found in 47% of the pigeons examined, Columbicola columbae in 44% and Menopon gallinae in 1%. Although a higher infestation rate was found in adult pigeons (75.3%) compared to younger pigeons (64.5%), there was no significant difference between the age groups. Also, no statistical differences in the rate of infestation could be found between males (73.3%) and females (70.9%). While the highest infestation rate was observed during the summer months (84%), the lowest infestation rate was observed in spring months (48%).
对来自布尔萨10个不同地区的100只家鸽进行了体外寄生虫检查；发现其中72%受到感染，并确定了3个物种。在接受检查的鸽子中，47%发现有双齿角羽虱，44%发现有鸽长羽虱，1%发现有鸡禽螨。尽管成年鸽子（75.3%）的感染率高于幼鸽（64.5%），但不同年龄组之间没有显著差异。此外，雄性（73.3%）和雌性（70.9%）之间的感染率也没有统计学差异。虽然夏季的感染率最高（84%），但春季的感染率最低（48%）。
