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  • Title: The prevalence of blood parasites in helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, in the Kruger National Park.
    Author: Earlé RA, Horak IG, Huchzermeyer FW, Bennett GF, Braack LE, Penzhorn BL.
    Journal: Onderstepoort J Vet Res; 1991 Sep; 58(3):145-7. PubMed ID: 1923376.
    Abstract:
    Bloodsmears were taken from separate groups of five helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, shot at approximately monthly intervals at Skukuza and near Lower Sabie in the Kruger National Park during the period August 1988 to August 1990. Ninety-eight (86%) of 114 guineafowls had single or multiple infections of Aegyptianella sp., Haemoproteus pratasi, Hepatozoon sp., Leucocytozoon neavei, Plasmodium circumflexum and Trypanosoma numidae. The apparent seasonal prevalence of Aegyptianella sp., H. pratasi and L. neavei, the three most commonly occurring parasites (42%, 49% and 56% of birds infected respectively), is probably dependent on the presence of their respective vectors.
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