Avian malaria has historically played an important role as a model in the study of human
malaria, being a stimulus for the development of medical parasitology. Avian malaria has …

Background Identifying the parasites transmitted by a particular vector and the factors that
render this vector susceptible to the parasite are key steps to understanding disease …

Raising an obligate avian brood parasite is costly for host parents because it redirects
valuable parental resources from one's own offspring to genetically unrelated young. The …

A spring emergence of avian haemosporidian infections is nearly universal among
temperate zone birds and is often described as a cost of reproductive effort. We take …

The prevalence of vector-borne parasites such as haemosporidian species is influenced by
several environmental factors. While the negative effects of parasitism on hosts are well …

The increasing emergence of parasitic diseases with the possibility of ecological threats as
well as domestic animals and human health has influence on the importance of …

Prevalence of haemosporidian parasites in bird populations varies temporally both between
years and within a year. In contrast to variation at the population level, relatively little is …

Blood parasite infections have been shown to influence behavioural traits of their avian
hosts, in particular activity level and boldness. Following the hypothesis that a mixed …

Researchers often use wooden conspecific decoys paired with playback of audio recordings
to capture individuals of territorial avian species. Agonistic responses elicited by these …

The prevalence of endoparasitic infections of birds in different zoological gardens in North-
Eastern region of India was investigated from February 2018 to January 2019. Coprological …