First Report of Epizootic Trichomoniasis in Wild Finches (Family Fringillidae) in Southern Fennoscandia

• Published in: Avian Diseases
• Main Authors: Aleksija S. Neimanis, Kjell Handeland, Marja Isomursu, Erik Ågren, Roland Mattsson, Inger Sofie Hamnes, Bjarne Bergsjø, Varpu Hirvelä-Koski
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Association of Avian Pathologists 2010
• Subjects: Norway; Parus; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1637/8952-060509-Case.1

Forty-one outbreaks of mortality in wild finches were reported in southern Norway, Sweden, and Finland in the second half of 2008 (n = 40) and in February 2009 (n = 1). Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and occasional chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs) primarily were affected. Forty-eight greenfinches,...