Table 4. Number and proportion of samples from three populations of Alaska tundra swans infected by Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus/Parahaemoproteus, and Plasmodium parasites as assigned using phylogenetic analyses.
Arctic Coastal Plain | Bristol Bay Lowland | Lower Alaska Peninsula | |
number of samples examined | 100 | 103 | 104 |
Leucocytozoon positive | 32 (0.32) | 63 (0.61) | 5 (0.05) |
Haemoproteus/Parahaemoproteus positive | 3 (0.03) | 48 (0.47) | 4 (0.04) |
Plasmodium positive | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.01) | 0 (0.00) |
Reported values do not include presumed co-infections or unresolved samples (see Materials and methods).