Conti J A, Frohlich R K, Forrester D J
J Wildl Dis. 1985 Jul;21(3):229-32. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-21.3.229.
Isolates of Trichomonas gallinae (Rivolta, 1878) from white-winged doves, Zenaida asiatica (L.), were transferred experimentally to young mourning doves, Zenaida macroura (L.). Twenty-three of 25 mourning doves developed infections with isolates of T. gallinae from 25 white-winged doves. In addition, eight of eight rock doves (Columba livia Gmelin) were infected with duplicate isolates. All infected recipient birds harbored avirulent isolates except for one mourning dove which died from extensive oral lesions. However, repeated attempts using this isolate of T. gallinae to produce lesions in additional recipients were unsuccessful. Despite the findings of this study, it was suggested that future dove management strategies consider the possibility of disease outbreaks involving white-winged doves and susceptible populations of mourning doves.
将从白翅哀鸽（Zenaida asiatica (L.)）分离出的禽毛滴虫（Trichomonas gallinae (Rivolta, 1878)）实验性地接种到幼龄的哀鸽（Zenaida macroura (L.)）体内。25只哀鸽中有23只感染了来自25只白翅哀鸽的禽毛滴虫分离株。此外，8只原鸽（Columba livia Gmelin）中有8只感染了重复的分离株。除了一只因广泛的口腔病变死亡的哀鸽外，所有受感染的受体鸟类都携带无毒力的分离株。然而，多次尝试使用这种禽毛滴虫分离株在其他受体中产生病变均未成功。尽管有本研究的结果，但仍建议未来的鸽类管理策略考虑涉及白翅哀鸽和易感哀鸽种群的疾病爆发可能性。
