PMID: 16512153Oct 1, 1970Paper

Incidence of malaria in a wintering population of canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) on Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Wildlife Diseases
R M Kocan, J O Knisley

Abstract

Canvasback ducks wintering on Chesapeake Bay had a 6% incidence of Leucocytozoon simondi and 2% incidence of Haemoproteus. Subinoculation of whole blood into Pekin ducklings produced a Plasmodium infection rate of 31%. Females were more frequently infected (12/22) than males (15/68). The parasite was identified as P. circumflexum.

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