Table 1 Prevalence and diversity of haemosporidian parasites in cranes maintained in open aviaries and examined by PCR diagnostics in Beijing Zoo, 2007–2014
Bird species | Adult | Juvenile | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. examined | No. positive | Infected with | No. examined | No. positive | Infected with | |||||||
Pl | H | L | Lineage | Pl | H | L | Lineage | |||||
Anthropodies paradisea | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | C | |
Balearica pavonina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Balearica regulorum | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bugeranus carunculatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | C | |
Grus antigone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grus japonensis | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | G1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | A |
Grus monacha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | D | |
Grus leucogeranus | 4 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | F | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | A |
Grus nigricollis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | A1, E | |
Grus vipio | 3 | 24 | 1a | 1b | 1c | B, F, H | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | A, F |
Total (10 species) | 62 | 4 (6.5) | 1 (1.6) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (3.2) | 4 lineages | 42 | 20 (47.6) | 19 (45.2) | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 5 lineages |