Publications by authors named "Sandra Y Marin"
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- Some young Alagoas curassows, which are birds that are extinct in the wild, were discovered dying from a respiratory disease while in captivity.
- Researchers found a specific virus called Aviadenovirus A in the sick birds, which is very similar to a virus that affects chickens.
- This is the first time this virus has been linked to illness in curassow birds in Brazil, and it suggests that better safety measures are needed to protect the birds in conservation areas.
To investigate an outbreak of avian pox in psittacines in a conservation facility, we examined 94 birds of 10 psittacine species, including sick and healthy birds. We found psittacine pox virus in 23 of 27 sick birds and 4 of 67 healthy birds. Further characterization is needed for these isolates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe pathogens Plasmodium juxtanucleare and chicken anaemia virus (CAV) are easily transmitted and potentially harmful to chickens. In this study, we established an experimental model to investigate the effects of avian malaria caused by P. juxtanucleare in white leghorn specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chicks previously immunosuppressed with CAV.
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