Table 1.
Trichomonas spp. prevalence found in four columbid species at different European study sites with the use of PCR analysis. The prevalence was calculated according to PCR results
| Species | No. of samples | Place (n) |
Status (n) |
Sample (n) |
No. positive | No. negative | Prevalence [%] | No. of sequences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock dove | 92 | Hesse, Germany (90) Brandenburg, Germany (2) |
Adult (33) First year (1) Chick (58) |
Swab (92) | 79 | 13 | 86 | 16 |
| Wood pigeon | 87 | Bavaria, Germany (50) North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (24) Lower Saxony, Germany (8) Thuringia, Germany (3) Hesse, Germany (1) Unknown, Germany (1) |
Adult (87) | Tissue (87)a | 61 | 26 | 70 | 23 |
| Collared dove | 5 | Monfrague, Spain (3) Comino, Malta (2) |
Adult (3) Second year (1) Unknown (1) |
Swab (5) | 3 | 2 | 60 | 2 |
| Turtle dove | 97 | Monfrague, Spain (42) Comino, Malta (34) Ventotene, Italy (20) Hesse, Germany (1) |
Adult (22) Juvenile (23) Second year (2) Unknown (50) |
Swab (70) Tissue (27) All |
65 0 65 |
5 27 32 |
93 0 67 |
43 0 43 |
| Total | 281 | Swab (167) Tissue (114) All |
154 61 208 |
13 53 73 |
93 54 74 |
61 23 84 |
aOne of the wood pigeons (sample WP4) had yellow plaque