Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
NOVEL DERMATOPHILOSIS AND CONCURRENT AMYLOIDOSIS IN SANDERLINGS ( CALIDRIS ALBA) FROM LOUISIANA, USA.
- Journal:
- Journal of wildlife diseases
- Year:
- 2018
- Authors:
- Shearn-Bochsler, Valerie et al.
- Affiliation:
- 1 US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center · United States
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
:  We observed Sanderlings ( Calidris alba) with facial growths in coastal Louisiana, US during summer of 2016. Severe lesions were associated with lethargy and lack of a flight response. We determined that the skin growth etiology was a bacterium of the genus Dermatophilus, rarely reported infecting birds. Sanderlings also exhibited severe amyloidosis.
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