Histopathologic findings in free-ranging California hummingbirds, 1996–2017

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Issue Date
2018
Author
Magagna, Michelle
Noland, Erica
Tell, Lisa A.
Purdin, Guthrum
Rideout, Bruce
Lipman, Max W.
Agnew, Dalen
Subject
HISTOLOGY
PATHOLOGY
HUMMINGBIRDS
CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO ZOO
Journal title
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume
55
Issue
2
Begin page
343
End page
351

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DOI
10.7589/2018-05-130
Alternative link
https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-05-130
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/doi/abs/10.7589/2018-05-130
Abstract
A histopathologic study of free-ranging hummingbirds in California was performed to identify mortality trends. Tissues from 61 wild hummingbirds representing five native California species collected by the San Diego Zoo from 1996 to 2016 or the Lindsay Wildlife Experience from 2015 to 2017 were histologically examined....
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Summary note (B. Rideout): This collaborative study made use of hummingbird specimens from our facilities (primarily cases of window collision trauma). The study is the first to provide baseline disease prevalence data for wild hummingbirds and the first to document an intestinal adenovirus infection in any hummingbird species. Baseline data in this study will be important for future population monitoring as climate change alters the distribution of pathogens and their vectors, as well as the timing of plant flowering during migration and breeding.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/197
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Article
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