Coprological Investigation of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Wild Birds Protected in Kochi Prefecture

Abstract

　Total 101 fecal samples were collected from the wild birds which were protected at Kochi Prefecture. These were examined by sugar floatation method. Consequently, 29.7％ of feces were parasitologically positive; 20.8% of Eimeria and/or Isospora type oocysts, and 8.9% of Capillarid or Ascarid spp. Transmitted stages of these parasites could survive in the environments for a while after being shedded in feces. These results suggested that in the past, these infected birds directly or indirectly contacted with feces contaminated with the parasites.