Table 8 Leucocytozoon spp. detection from Sumatran laughingthrushes feathers from Chester Zoo.

From: A non-invasive feather-based methodology for the detection of blood parasites (Haemosporida)

Bird ID

Sampling date

CF (n)

RF (n)

DNA (ng/µl)

PCR result

C15751/C15752/C181038

NR

9

 

2.8

(−)

C18421

NR

2

 

3

(−)

C15752

02/11/18

10

 

3.6

(−)

C17703

16/10/18

2

 

4.7

(+)

C14419/C16484

01/01/19

 

2–3

4.8

(−)

C18683

NR

 

2–3

5.2

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

6.9

(+)

C14419/C16484

01/01/19

 

2–3

8.6

(+)

C15751

02/11/18

 

2–3

8.9

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

NR

 

2–3

9.6

(−)

C15749/C15750

16/10/18

 

2–3

9.8

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

9.9

(−)

C14419

20/11/18

 

2–3

10.7

(+)

C15749

17/10/18

10

 

10.7

(−)

C181038

02/11/18

2

 

10.7

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

11.2

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

11.3

(+)

C18683

NR

6

 

12.7

(−)

C18421

21/11/18

 

2–3

13.1

(+)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

13.5

(+)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

14

(−)

C18538

NR

2

 

15.3

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

17

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

17.2

(−)

C15749/C15750

16/10/18

 

2–3

17.3

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

18.9

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

19.3

(−)

C18421

02/01/19

 

2–3

19.7

(−)

C14419

20/11/18

 

2–3

20.2

(−)

C14419/C16484

01/01/19

 

2–3

22

(+)

C15751/C15752/C181038

NR

 

2–3

22.1

(−)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

22.2

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

22.4

(−)

C18421

21/11/18

 

2–3

22.5

(−)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

23.7

(−)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

23.9

(−)

C18421

02/01/19

 

2–3

24.2

(−)

C14419/C16484

01/01/19

 

2–3

25.1

(−)

C18421

21/11/18

 

2–3

26

(−)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

27.6

(−)

C18857

NR

8

 

28.1

(−)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

29.6

(−)

C18857/C18683

21/11/18

 

2–3

32.5

(−)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

33.3

(−)

C18663/C18857

01/01/19

 

2–3

38.6

(+)

C15751/C15752/C181038

01/01/19

 

2–3

40.1

(−)

C15750

17/10/18

3

 

40.3

(−)

C18857/C18683

21/11/18

 

2–3

42.5

(−)

C15751

02/11/18

8

 

46

(−)

C18421

02/01/19

 

2–3

59.4

(+)

C16484

20/11/18

7

 

63.2

(−)

C12640

06/11/18

 

2–3

337.9

(+)

  1. CF: Covert feather; RF: Remiges and rectrices; (n): number of feathers used; NR: Not recorded.