Assessing the effects of haematophagous ectoparasites on the health of nestling birds: haematocrit vs haemoglobin levels in House Wrens parasitized by blow fly larvae

By E. O’Brien, Brian L. Morrison, L. Scott Johnson. 2001

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Calibration of a hand-held haemoglobin analyser for use on fish blood (2008, background): “…(Frisch & Anderson, 2005; Artacho et al., 2007; Banbura et al., 2007; Imsland et al., 2007), and an index of such things as oxygen carrying capacity (Ganong, 1973; Lay & Baldwin, 1999; Burness et al., 2000) and haematophagous parasite intensity (O’Brien et al., 2001; Dudaniec et al., 2006).”
Variation of adult Great Tit Parus major body condition and blood parameters in relation to sex, age, year and season (2009, background): “This is the reason why haemoglobin levels are considered a more sensitive health indicator than HCT (O’Brien et al. 2001).”
Host-parasite ecology, behavior and genetics: a review of the introduced fly parasite Philornis downsi and its Darwin’s finch hosts (2016, background): “Low hemoglobin concentration indicates reduced oxygen carrying capacity in hosts, which may compromise the nutritional and energetic state of parasitized birds and lead to survival and reproductive trade-offs [43, 45].”