NOVEL POXVIRAL INFECTION IN THREE FINCH SPECIES ILLEGALLY IMPORTED INTO TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIVE BIRDS
Autor: | Christine V.F. Carrington, Nikita Sahadeo, Rod Suepaul, Lana Gyan, Vernie Ramkissoon, Janine F.R. Seetahal, Varsha V. Ramoutar, Christopher A. L. Oura |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Sporophila intermedia
animal structures 040301 veterinary sciences Sequence analysis Zoology Oryzoborus angolensis Genome Viral Poxviridae Infections 030308 mycology & parasitology Songbirds 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Oryzoborus crassirostris biology.animal Animals Seedeater Phylogeny Finch 0303 health sciences Caribbean island General Veterinary biology Phylogenetic tree Bird Diseases Poxviridae Commerce virus diseases Sequence Analysis DNA 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Trinidad and Tobago Animal Science and Zoology Finches Animal Distribution |
Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 50:231 |
ISSN: | 1042-7260 |
Popis: | Oryzoborus angolensis (Lesser Seed-Finch), Oryzoborus crassirostris (Large-billed Seed-Finch), and Sporophila intermedia (Grey Seedeater) are finch species native to the Caribbean island of Trinidad. These species are locally trapped and kept for their song, but with declining native populations, enthusiasts have turned to illegally importing birds from the South American mainland. The smuggling of wild birds from South America poses significant disease risks to the native bird species of Trinidad. Herein we describe the first case of poxviral infection in these illegally imported birds in Trinidad and partial genome sequence of the causative agent. Phylogenetic analysis of the 4b core protein sequence indicated that the avian poxvirus identified was most closely related to a 2012 avian pox sequence from Brazil, with 96.2% and 98.1% identity at the nucleotide and amino acid level. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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