INVESTIGADORES
D'AMICO Veronica Laura
artículos
Título:
Multi-year surveillance of selected avian pathogens in the migrant shorebird Red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) at its main stopover site in Patagonia, Argentina
Autor/es:
D'AMICO V. L.; GONZÁLEZ, P. M.; BAKER A. J.; BUEHLER D. M.; BERTELLOTTI M.
Revista:
JOURNAL FUR ORNITHOLOGIE
Editorial:
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2014 vol. 155 p. 555 - 559
ISSN:
0021-8375
Resumen:
To investigate possible reasons for recent declines in Red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) populations we surveyed for selected pathogens in knots captured in San Antonio Bay, Argentina, on their northward migration (from 2006 to 2011). Blood, cloacal swabs and faeces were analysed for bacteria (Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (N = 42) and other coliforms (N = 35); viral agents (responsible for avian influenza (N = 239), St. Louis encephalitis (N = 51), and Newcastle disease (N=239)); and avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium sp. and Haemoproteus sp. (N = 284). All 698 samples taken from 303 individuals were negative, providing no evidence that Red knots on this site were infected with these pathogens at the time of sampling.
