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Avian Pox Discovered in the Critically Endangered Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Tompkins, Emily M; Anderson, David J; Pabilonia, Kristy L; Huyvaert, Kathryn P.
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  • Tompkins EM; 1 Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Box 7325, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA.
  • Anderson DJ; 1 Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Box 7325, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA.
  • Pabilonia KL; 2 Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, 1682 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
  • Huyvaert KP; 3 Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, 1474 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
J Wildl Dis ; 53(4): 891-895, 2017 10.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28715294
The Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) is a critically endangered seabird in a rapidly shrinking population in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The introduction of novel pathogens and parasites poses a threat to population persistence. Monitoring disease prevalence and guarding against the spread of such agents in endemic taxa are conservation priorities for the Galápagos, where recent increases in the prevalence of avian pox may have contributed to population declines and range contractions in other bird species. During November 2013-January 2014, we identified 14 Waved Albatross nestlings at our study site on Española Island with avian pox-like lesions and clinical signs. Other seabirds, landbirds, and adult Waved Albatrosses were apparently unaffected. Histopathology of tissue samples from five infected nestlings revealed inclusion bodies in all samples, consistent with avipoxvirus infection. We documented higher mortality (6 of 14 nestlings) in affected nestlings than in unaffected young in this small outbreak of avian pox, the first report of its kind in the world's only tropical albatross.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças das Aves / Surtos de Doenças / Avipoxvirus / Infecções por Poxviridae Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Ecuador Idioma: En Revista: J Wildl Dis Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doenças das Aves / Surtos de Doenças / Avipoxvirus / Infecções por Poxviridae Tipo de estudo: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Ecuador Idioma: En Revista: J Wildl Dis Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos