Avian pox in birds from Trinidad
| Autor: | C. B. Worth, L. Spence, E. S. Tikasingh, T. H. G. Aitken |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Ecology biology media_common.quotation_subject Pipra erythrocephala Zoology Animals Wild Manacus manacus biology.organism_classification Animal Population Groups Courtship Birds Sexual Behavior Animal Euphonia Turdus nudigenis Trinidad and Tobago Euphonia violacea Animals Female Manakin Thrush Fowlpox Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wildlife diseases. 18(2) |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| Popis: | Over a 7-year period in Trinidad, 9,514 birds were examined for avian pox and four species were found infected: the golden-headed manakin, Pipra erythrocephala (7% infected), the white-bearded manakin, Manacus manacus (5%), the violaceous euphonia Euphonia violacea (1%), and the bare-eyed thrush, Turdus nudigenis (less than 1%). The elaborate courtship displays of manakins may have a bearing on a "common source" type of infection. The apparently abrupt appearance of the disease at three localities in Trinidad in 1964 perhaps indicates introduction of the virus by migratory birds. |
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