Normal yeast flora of the upper digestive tract of some wild columbids
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Abstract
Seven species of pigeons and doves were cultured for yeasts in the upper digestive tract. The following list gives the isolation rate for each columbid species and the yeasts cultured from them: feral pigeon Colwnha livia (Gmelin) 95% — Candida albicans (Robin) Berkhout, C. tropicalis (Castellani) Berkhout, C. krusei (Cast.) Berkhout, C. guilliermondii (Cast.) Langeron et Guerra, Torulopsis glabrata (Anderson) Lodder et De Vries, Saccharomyces telluris Van der Walt, and Geotrichum sp.; white-crowned pigeon (C. leucocephala Linnaeus) 56% — S. telluris; mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura Linnaeus) 24% — C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. guilliermondii, and Geotrichum sp.; passerine ground dove (Collumbigallina passerina Linnaeus) 20% — C. parapsilosis (Ashford) Langeron et Talice, Kloeckera apiculata (Reess Emend. Klocker) Janke; zenaida dove (Zenaida auritu Temminck) 16% — C. albicans, C. guilliermondii, and T. glabrata; one moustasche dove (Geotrygon mystacea Gosse) — C. guilliermondii; ringed turtle dove (Streptopelia rizoria Linnaeus) 14% — C. albicans and Geotrichum sp. No signs of disease could be seen in the 139 birds that were examined, and it was concluded that these yeasts comprise a part of the columbid's normal microbial flora.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Normal yeast flora of the upper digestive tract of some wild columbids |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Diseases |
| DOI | 10.7589/0090-3558-8.4.365 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1972 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wildlife Disease Association |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 365 |
| Last page | 368 |