Table 2 Prevalence of haemosporidians in three waterbirds from wetlands in Brazil. Birds were infected by Plasmodium spp. and Haemoproteus spp.
Region | Colony | Wood storka | Roseate spoonbill | Great egret | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | Infected by Plas | Infected by Haem | n | Infected by Plas | Infected by Haem | n | Infected by Plas | Infected by Haem | |
North (Amapa) | MC | 29 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
FA | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
FZ | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | |
SC | 20 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
Total | 74 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | Â | Â | Â | |
Mean | – | 0.08 | 0.01 | – | 0.07 | 0.04 |  |  |  | |
Central-west (Pantanal) | BB | 16 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
TC | 16 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
RV | 15 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
PF | 25 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
FR | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | |
BG | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |
FI | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | |
MI | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | |
RP | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |
PR | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | |
TC | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
PF | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
PR | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
CM | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 125 | 14 | Â | 23 | 17 | Â | 42 | 9 | Â | |
Mean | - | 0.11 |  | – | 0.74 |  | – | 0.21 |  | |
South (Rio Grande do Sul) | SM | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 5 | 0 |
SE | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
MA | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 4 | 0 | |
PG | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 87 | 12 | Â | |
Mean |  |  |  |  |  |  | – | 0.14 |  | |