Karatepe Bilge, Karatepe Mustafa
Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi, Bor Meslek Yüksekokulu, Niğde, Türkiye.
Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoteknoloji Bölümü, Niğde, Türkiye.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2018 Dec;42(4):258-261. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2018.5914.
The study was conducted to detect the prevalence of haemoprotozoan parasites in the domestic and wild pigeons in Niğde province.
The study material included a total of 216 pigeons, which comprised 105 domestic (55 females, 50 males) and 111 wild (53 females, 58 males) pigeons belonging to Niğde province. Smears were prepared using the blood collected from the vena cutanea ulnaris of the pigeons and then examined for the presence of haemoprotozoan parasites under a light microscope using immersion objective.
The microscopic examination of the smears showed that 107 (49.54%) of the 216 pigeons were infected with Haemoproteus columbae. The samples collected from 9 (8.57%) of the 105 domestic pigeons and 98 (88.29%) of the 111 wild pigeons were positive for H. columbae. The positivity rates of H. columbae between the domestic and wild pigeons were calculated to be statistically significant (p<0.01). The average level of parasitaemia in the 107 pigeons infected with H. columbae was detected to be 2.85%. On the other hand, Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Trypanosoma species were not observed in the blood smears of the pigeons.
This is the first survey regarding H. columbae performed on the domestic and wild pigeons in Niğde province.
本研究旨在检测尼德省家鸽和野鸽中血原虫寄生虫的感染率。
研究材料共包括216只鸽子，其中有105只属于尼德省的家鸽（55只雌性，50只雄性）和111只野鸽（53只雌性，58只雄性）。从鸽子的尺侧皮下静脉采集血液制作涂片，然后使用油镜在光学显微镜下检查血原虫寄生虫的存在情况。
涂片的显微镜检查显示，216只鸽子中有107只（49.54%）感染了鸽血变原虫。从105只家鸽中的9只（8.57%）和111只野鸽中的98只（88.29%）采集的样本鸽血变原虫检测呈阳性。家鸽和野鸽之间鸽血变原虫的阳性率经计算具有统计学意义（p<0.01）。在107只感染鸽血变原虫的鸽子中，平均寄生虫血症水平检测为2.85%。另一方面，在鸽子的血涂片中未观察到疟原虫、白细胞原虫和锥虫种类。
这是首次在尼德省的家鸽和野鸽上进行的关于鸽血变原虫的调查。
