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

*Number of birds examined for Cryptosporidium species and G. duodenalis genotypes; ^#Assemblage.