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NOVEL POXVIRAL INFECTION IN THREE FINCH SPECIES ILLEGALLY IMPORTED INTO TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIVE BIRDS
- Source :
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 50:231
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2019.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10427260
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....685256522ed93d62d5bbfc8b4d897f2e