Folia parasitologicaAnimalsTurtlesProtozoan InfectionsAnimalHaemosporida
Harmless parasites? Infections with Hemolivia mauritanica (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Karyolysidae) and Haemocystidium spp. (Apicomplexa: Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) have a negligible impact on white cell counts in tortoise hosts.
Zaneta Zivcicova, Jan Skrabal, Pavlina Hajkova, David Jandzik, Hossein Javanbakht, Peter Mikulicek, Pavel Siroky
Published: 202510.14411/fp.2025.031
Abstract
The pathogenicity of haemogregarines and their effects on the health status of ectothermic hosts remain largely unexplored. In this study, we examined the impact of Hemolivia mauritanica (Sergent et Sergent, 1904) infection on the differential leukoc…
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