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Blood parasites in northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) with an emphasis to Leucocytozoon toddi
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SYSNO ASEP 0461911 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Blood parasites in northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) with an emphasis to Leucocytozoon toddi Author(s) Hanel, J. (CZ)
Doležalová, J. (CZ)
Stehlíková, Š. (CZ)
Modrý, David (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Chudoba, J. (CZ)
Synek, P. (CZ)
Votýpka, Jan (BC-A) RID, ORCIDSource Title Parasitology Research. - : Springer - ISSN 0932-0113
Roč. 115, č. 1 (2016), s. 263-270Number of pages 8 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords avian blood parasites ; Haemosporida ; Trypanosoma ; PCR detection ; birds of prey ; raptors ; mixed infection Subject RIV EG - Zoology Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000370868600027 EID SCOPUS 84952978537 DOI 10.1007/s00436-015-4743-1 Annotation Haemosporidians and trypanosomes of the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) population in the Czech Republic were studied by morphological and molecular methods. Despite the wide distribution of these medium-large birds of prey, virtually nothing is known about their blood parasites. During a 5-year period, altogether 88 nestlings and 15 adults were screened for haemosporidians and trypanosomes by microscopic examination of blood smears and by nested PCR. Both methods revealed consistently higher prevalence of blood protists in adults, Leucocytozoon (80.0 % in adults vs. 13.6 % in nestlings), Haemoproteus (60.0 vs. 2.3 %), Plasmodium (6.7 vs. 0 %), and Trypanosoma (60.0 vs. 2.3 %). Altogether, five haemosporidian lineages were detected by cytochrome b sequencing. Two broadly distributed and host nonspecific lineages, Plasmodium (TURDUS1) and Leucocytozoon (BT2), were detected only sporadically, while three newly described northern goshawk host-specific Leucocytozoon lineages (ACGE01-03) represent the absolute majority of the haemosporidians identified by molecular methods. Our findings support evidences that in falconiform birds the Leucocytozoon toddi group is formed by several hostspecific clusters, with Leucocytozoon buteonis in buzzards and Leucocytozoon mathisi in hawks. Between-year comparisons revealed that the infection status of adults remained predominantly unchanged and individuals stayed uninfected or possessed the same parasite lineages; however, two gains and one loss of blood parasite taxa were also recorded. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2017
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