Turtle Doves, trial plots and Trichomonas: understanding and conserving the UK’s rarest dove

The prevalence of T. gallinae in these environmental resources was remarkably high: 24% of samples from bait sites tested positive, along with 46% of water sources and 65% of gamebird feeders (fig. 6; Thomas 2017). However, only 10% of samples from trial plots tested positive, suggesting that providing food resources at low densities may be crucial for reducing parasite transmission in Turtle Dove

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