Table 2 Feather DNA concentration and PCR results from confirmed haemosporidian infected dead wild corvids in 2018 and 2019.
From: A non-invasive feather-based methodology for the detection of blood parasites (Haemosporida)
Bird ID | Species | Body weight (g) | Organ PCR | Covert feathers | Remiges and rectrices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Br | Li | DNA (ng/µl) | PCR result | DNA (ng/µl) | PCR result | |||
C10 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 150 | (−) | L | < 4♦ | nt | 14.4 | (−) |
C37 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 151 | L | L | < 4♦ | nt | 74.4 | (+) L |
C13 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 156 | H | H | < 4♦ | nt | 24.9 | (+) H |
C6 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 164 | (−) | L | < 4♦ | nt | 17.1 | (−) |
C12 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 172 | (−) | H, L | < 4♦ | nt | 32.9 | (+) H, L |
C14 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 176 | H | H, L | < 4♦ | nt | 9.5 | (−) |
C35 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 177 | L | L | < 4♦ | nt | 12.1 | (+) L |
C33 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 180 | L | L | < 4♦ | nt | 8.7 | (+) L |
C31 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 186 | L | L | < 4♦ | nt | 41.5 | (+) L |
C5 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 187 | (−) | L | < 4♦ | nt | 6.4 | (+) L |
C20 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 188 | L | L | 5.1 | (+) | 21.3 | (+) L |
C11 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 190 | H | H | < 4♦ | nt | 52.8 | (−) |
C34 | Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) | 195 | L | L | < 4♦ | nt | 8.3 | (+) L |
C42 | Carrion crow (Corvus corone) | 427 | (−) | L | < 4♦ | nt | 15.6 | (+) L |
C45 | Carrion crow (Corvus corone) | 462 | P | P | < 4♦ | nt | 352* | (+) P |
