A Survey for Avian Influenza from Gulls on the Coasts of the District of Pinamar and the Lagoon Salada Grande, General Madariaga, Argentina

作者：Buscaglia Celina^*

来源：Avian Diseases, 2012, 56(4): 1017-1020.

• avian influenza
• free-living birds
• gulls
• survey
• hemagglutination
• viruses
• Argentina

In the present study, fecal samples obtained from kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus), brown-hooded gulls (Larus maculipennis), and Olrog's gulls (Larus adanticus) on the coast of the District of Pinamar, and grey-hooded gulls (Larus cirrocephalus) on the coast of the Lagoon Salada Grande and surrounding wetlands, General Madariaga, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, were tested for evidence of avian influenza virus over a period of 3 yr. This surveillance in free-living wild birds in the Buenos Aires Province started in October 2008. Additional samples, which included cloacal swabs, tracheal swabs, or pooled organs, were obtained from sick or dead gulls that arrived at the Fundacion Ecologica Pinamar or were provided by the Direccion de Seguridad en Playas, Municipalidad de Pinamar. Samples were pooled according to date, species, and area. Pooled samples were inoculated in 9- to 11-day-old eggs, and after 5 days, allantoic fluids were tested for evidence of hemagglutination. None of the samples was positive for avian influenza viruses.

• 出版日期2012-12