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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi
2001, Cilt 15, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 185-188
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Distribution of Blood Parasites of Pigeons (Columba livia) in Elazığ
Ergün KÖROĞLU, Sami ŞİMŞEK
Fırat Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Elazığ-TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Elazığ, Blood parasites, Pigeon

This study was performed to investigate blood parasites in pigeons in Elazığ district in the year of 2000. During this period peripheral blood smears were prepared from a total of 53 pigeons (Columba livia). The smears were stained with Giemsa’s stain solution (5 %, pH 7.2) then examined under the microscope with oil objective. Thirty nine (73.58 %) out of the 53 pigeons were found infected with Haemoproteus columbae. No other blood parasites were detected.

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