Avian Plasmodium is of special interest to health care scientists and veterinarians due to the
potency of causing avian malaria in non-adapted birds and their evolutionary phylogenetic …

Conversion of natural habitats to urban developments influences the distribution and
abundance of wildlife hosts, vectors, and their parasites. Within urban ecosystems, urban …

Background Populations of long-distance migratory birds experience different environments
and are consequently exposed to different parasites throughout their annual cycles. Though …

The parasite tapeworm (Raillietina echinobothrida) belonges to the class Cestoda, it is
responsible for nodular tapeworm disease in poultry. The aim of this study was to determine …

Haemosporidians are a diverse group of vector-borne parasitic protozoa that have a global
distribution and some of them live in the avian body as a benign parasite, with no symptoms …

Twenty specimens of the white-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys (Gray, 1835) were
collected from Baghdad city, central Iraq during the period from January to March 2015. Only …

The widespread house sparrow Passer domesticus biblicus has a close association with
humans and inhabits almost all ecosystems near human settlements in Iraq. It is exposed to …

Pet birds with bright colors and a sweet voice are used to get rid of boredom, treat
psychological and nervous diseases, spread fun, joy and pleasure in their places of …

This study is included two species of birds belong to the Columbidae family, ie, Columba
livia and Streptopelia senegalensis, as well as a species of the family Passeridae, Passer …

The magnitude of both direct and indirect anthropogenic disturbances has altered all
ecosystems across the globe. Human actions have triggered such extensive environmental …