A Localized Epizootic of Trichomoniasis in Mourning Doves

Authors

Ellis Greiner, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
William Baxter, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-1974

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Diseases Vol. 10, April, 1974.

Abstract

Trichomonas gallinae was present in 47% (57/121) of adult, 41% (7/17) of juvenile, and 29% (2/7) of nestling mourning doves (Zenaida ,nacroura) from Lincoln, Nebraska. Throat lesions were present in 5.9% (43/724) of the mourning doves trapped for banding. Two of four pigeons (Columba livia) possessed T. gallinae, but none contained throat lesions.