HEMOSPORIDIA OF BIRDS (FAUNA, ECOLOGY, ORIGIN)

The original methods of collection of the bloodsucking two-winged birds and its experimental infection with hemosporidia have been developed. The revision of the world fauna of the birds hemosporidia has been performed. 14 new species and one new subkin have been described. The analysis of the geographical spreading of the birds hemosporidia and its distribution among the hosts has been given. The common laws in spreading the hemosporidia by the migrating birds have been established. The pathogenicity of hemosporidia for the wilds birds has been proved. The hypotheses by the origin of these parasites have been justified. The determinating tables of species of the birds hemosporidia have been compiled, and the common laws of its spreading have been formulated.Available from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio