Research Article
Endoparasite Infections in Pet and Zoo Birds in Italy
Table 1
Orders, scientific names, common names, numbers examined, positive numbers, and intestinal parasites found in pet birds.
| Order | Scientific name | Common name | No. examined | No. positive | Parasites |
| Columbiformes | Columba livia | Pigeon | 1 | 0 | — |
| Galliformes | Pavo cristatus | Peafowl | 1 | 1 | Syngamus-Capillarids |
| Passeriformes | Carduelis carduelis | European Goldfinch | 1 | 0 | — | Serinus canaria | Canary | 5 | 3 | Coccidia | Turdus merula | Black bird | 1 | 0 | |
| Psittaciformes | Agapornis fischeri | Fischer’s Lovebird | 2 | 0 | | Agapornis nigrigenis | Black-cheeked Lovebird | 7 (6*) | 0 | | Agapornis roseicollis | Rosy-faced Lovebird | 3* | 0 | | Agapornis personata | Masked Lovebird | 1 | 0 | | Amazona aestiva | Blue-fronted Amazon | 3 (1*) | 1 | Ascaridia | Aratinga canicularis | Orange-fronted Parakeet | 1* | 0 | | Aratinga acuticaudata | Blue-crowned Parakeet | 1 | 0 | | Aratinga jandaya | Jandaya Conure | 1 | 0 | | Aratinga solstitialis | Sun Conure | 3 (1*) | 0 | | Bolborhynchus lineola | Barred Parakeet | 2* | 1 | Ascaridia | Cyanoliseus patagonus | Burrowing Parakeet | 1* | 0 | | Eos bornea | Red Lory | 1 | 1 | Strongyles | Melopsittacus ondulatus | Budgerigar | 7 | 1 | Coccidia | Myiopsitta monachus | Monk Parakeet | 2 (1*) | 1 | Ascaridia | Neopsephotus bourkii | Bourke’s Parrot | 2 | 2 | Ascaridia | Nymphicus hollandicus | Cockatiel | 1 | 0 | | Pionites leucogaster | White-bellied Parrot | 4 (1*) | 3 | Ascaridia (2), G. duodenalis Ass# A (1) | Pionites melanocephalus | Black-headed Parrot | 3 (2*) | 2 | Ascaridia | Platycercus eximius | Eastern Rosella | 1 | 0 | | Poicephalus senegalensis | Senegal Parrot | 4 (3*) | 1 | Ascaridia | Psittacula krameri | Rose-ringed Parakeet | 2 (1*) | 0 | | Psittacus erithacus | African Grey Parrot | 2 | 0 | | Trichoglossus haematodus | Rainbow Lorikeet | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | | | 63 (23*) | 17 | |
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*Number of birds examined for Cryptosporidium species and G. duodenalis genotypes; #Assemblage.
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