Abstract
An investigation of the food and parasites of game birds was initiated in October 1936 under the direction of Prof. M. Christiansen of the State Veterinary Serum Laboratory and Prof. R. Spirck of the University of Copenhagen. This investigation was under the auspices of the Jagtfond (Game Foundation) of the Ministry of Agriculture.* Since that time 143 adult and 56 partridge chicks (Perdix perdix) and 169 adult and 67 pheasant chicks (Phasianus colchicus) have been sent in for examination. They came from diverse localities and at different times of the year. Not all were examined for all parasites, since the methods of collecting were improved during the course of this study. The data concerning the numbers of each species of parasite are roughly quantitative. It is felt that they present an adequate preliminary picture both of the various parasites involved and the intensity of the infections therewith. Although the number of birds examined was rather small, several interesting points have been revealed concerning the variation in numbers of certain parasites in pheasants as compared with partridges and also the variation in the number of certain parasites attributable to age differences of the hosts.
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