Multi-year surveillance of selected avian pathogens in the migrant shorebird Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) at its main stopover site in Patagonia, Argentina

• Published in: Journal of Ornithology
• Main Authors: D'amico, Veronica Laura, González, Patricia M., Baker, Allan J., Buehler, Deborah M., Bertellotti, Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Patagonia; Pathogens; Red Knot; Surveillance; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; St. Louis; Calidris canutus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/17263

To investigate possible reasons for recent declines in Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) populations we surveyed for selected pathogens in Red Knots captured in San Antonio Bay, Argentina, on their northward migration during the period 2006–2011. Blood, cloacal swabs and faeces were analysed for ba...