Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
NovelVariant Associated with Mortality in Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers ().
- Journal:
- Journal of wildlife diseases
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Wilkinson, Vicky et al.
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Zoology · United Kingdom
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
Two adult Great Spotted Woodpeckers () from separate sites in Great Britain were examined postmortem in 2013 and 2016. Asp. was isolated from multiple tissues in both birds. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed disseminated salmonellosis. Whole-genome sequencing and biochemical analyses putatively identified both isolates as a novel variant ofsubsp.serovar Hessarek (. Hessarek). Salmonellosis has seldom been reported in Piciformes, and never before in association with. Hessarek infection. These findings, therefore, add to current knowledge regarding the range of wild bird species susceptible to thisserovar, and our understanding of the pathogens affecting Great Spotted Woodpeckers, in particular.
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