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Identifying Causative Agents of a Paretic Syndrome in Waterbirds in Southern Portugal.

María V Mena Casero, Andrew D Turner, Begoña Ben-Gigirey, Ryan P Alexander, Karl J Dean, Robert G Hatfield, Benjamin H Maskrey, Christelle Mazuet, Kobey Karamendin, Rafael Mateo

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Article in Toxins, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

María V Mena CaseroWildlife Rehabilitation and Research Center of Ria Formosa (RIAS), Rua do Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, 8700-194 Olhão, Portugal.
Andrew D TurnerCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), The Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth DT4 8UB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1390-0924
Begoña Ben-GigireyCentro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO-CSIC), Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, 36390 Vigo, Spain.
Ryan P AlexanderCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), The Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth DT4 8UB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4501-3644
Karl J DeanCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), The Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth DT4 8UB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7803-6690
Robert G HatfieldCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), The Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth DT4 8UB, UK.
Benjamin H MaskreyCentre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), The Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth DT4 8UB, UK.
Christelle MazuetCentre National de Référence des Bactéries Anaérobies et Botulisme, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, F-75015 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7619-9050
Kobey KaramendinScientific and Production Center of Microbiology and Virology, 105 Bogenbay Batyr Street, Almaty 050010, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0003-0829-3330
Rafael MateoInstituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (JCCM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC)-Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Ronda de Toledo 12, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1307-9152

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paretic and paralyzing syndromes affecting wild birds are widely described in the literature, with outbreaks showing an increase in frequency and intensity worldwide during recent years. In the Iberian Peninsula, a paretic clinical picture without known etiology affecting mostly gulls has been reported during the last few decades. This paretic syndrome (PS) affects waterbirds and is characterized by a set of signs of ascendent flaccid paralysis, dyspnea, and diarrhea at different levels of severity. This study presents the first macro-analysis of some potential etiological PS agents in wild birds in southern Portugal. Other possible etiologies of PS related to nutritional deficiencies and environmental pollutants were not studied but are also discussed here. A total of 571 samples, belonging to 377 individuals with (

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Bird DiseasesCharadriiformesParalysisAnimalsBirdsPortugalbotulism neurotoxindiagnosisetiologyparetic syndrometoxins

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