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ArticleJournal of wildlife diseases2019

Mycoplasmosis of House Finches ( Haemorhous mexicanus) and California Scrub-Jays ( Aphelocoma californica) in a Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility with Probable Nosocomial Transmission.

Krysta H Rogers, David H Ley, Leslie W Woods

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Article in Journal of wildlife diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Krysta H Rogers1 Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1701 Nimbus Rd., Suite D, Rancho Cordova, California 95670, USA.
David H Ley2 Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, Mycoplasma Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
Leslie W Woods3 California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California, Davis, 620 W Health Sciences Dr., Davis, California 95616, USA.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife · USNorth Carolina State University · USWest Health · US

Funding

Ecological drivers of virulence evolution in an emerging avian pathogenR01GM105245 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI HAWLEY, DANA M · 2012 to 2015
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe an investigation of an outbreak of conjunctivitis in juvenile House Finches ( Haemorhous mexicanus) and California Scrub-jays ( Aphelocoma californica) at a central California, US wildlife rehabilitation facility. In late May 2015, the facility began admitting juvenile finches, the majority with normal eyes at intake. In June, with juvenile finches already present, the facility admitted juvenile scrub-jays, all with normal eyes at intake. In July, after conjunctivitis was observed in increasing numbers of juvenile finches and scrub-jays, carcasses were submitted for postmortem examination. Histopathology of five finches and three scrub-jays identified lymphocytic infiltrates in the ocular tissues. Conjunctival swabs from 87% (13/15) finches and 33% (4/12) scrub-jays were PCR-positive for Mycoplasma gallisepticum. One finch and two scrub-jays were PCR-positive for Mycoplasma synoviae. Additionally, gene sequencing (16S ribosomal RNA and 16S-23S intergenic spacer region) identified Mycoplasma sturni from 33% (3/9) scrub-jays. This outbreak of conjunctivitis suggested that M. gallisepticum-infected juvenile finches admitted to and maintained in a multispecies nursery likely resulted in transmission within the facility to healthy juvenile finches and scrub-jays. Evidence of other Mycoplasma spp. in finches and scrub-jays indicates that these species are susceptible to infection and may act as carriers. This outbreak highlighted the need for effective triage and biosecurity measures within wildlife rehabilitation facilities.

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SongbirdsAnimalsBird DiseasesCaliforniaConjunctivitis, BacterialConservation of Natural ResourcesCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksHospitals, AnimalMycoplasma InfectionsCalifornia Scrub-jayHouse Finchwildlife rehabilitation facility

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PMCPMC6447459
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