Greiner E C
J Wildl Dis. 1975 Apr;11(2):150-6. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-11.2.150.
Three hundred and nine mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) from Lancaster County, Nebraska, were examined for species of Haemoproteus. Older doves possessed higher Haemoproteus prevalences than younger doves. Mean total prevalence for each dove age group was as follows: adults, 61% H. sacharovi and 83% H. maccallumi; immatures, 35% H. sacharovi and 42% H. maccallumi; and nestlings, 31% H. sacharovi and 16% H. maccallumi. Yearly prevalences were less variable in mature doves than in immature and nestling doves. No correlation between nestling and parent Haemoproteus infections were observed, but nestmates in 10 or 18 nests harbored equivalent infections. Stilbometopa podopostyla and Microlynchia pusilla (Hippoboscidae) were collected from Nebraska doves. Hippoboscidae were collected from doves of all ages from April to August. Dove baited fly traps yielded Culex tarsalis and C. pipiens in Nebraska and Culicoides haematopotus, C. crepuscularis, and Simulium aureaum in Ames, Iowa.
对来自内布拉斯加州兰开斯特县的309只哀鸽（泽纳ida macroura）进行了血变原虫种类检查。年龄较大的鸽子血变原虫感染率高于年龄较小的鸽子。每个鸽子年龄组的平均总感染率如下：成年鸽，萨氏血变原虫感染率为61%，麦氏血变原虫感染率为83%；未成年鸽，萨氏血变原虫感染率为35%，麦氏血变原虫感染率为42%；雏鸽，萨氏血变原虫感染率为31%，麦氏血变原虫感染率为16%。成年鸽的年感染率变化比未成年鸽和雏鸽小。未观察到雏鸽与其亲代血变原虫感染之间的相关性，但在10个或18个巢中的同窝雏鸽有相同的感染情况。在内布拉斯加州的哀鸽身上采集到了柱胸长喙蚤蝇和微小长喙蚤蝇（虱蝇科）。从4月到8月，在各个年龄段的鸽子身上都采集到了虱蝇科昆虫。在内布拉斯加州，用鸽子诱饵诱捕器捕获了致倦库蚊和尖音库蚊，在爱荷华州艾姆斯捕获了血吸库蠓、黄昏库蠓和金色蚋。
