Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany
West Nile virus (WNV), a zoonotic arbovirus, is a new epizootic disease in Germany and caused increasing avian and equine mortality since its first detection in 2018. The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is highly susceptible to fatal WNV disease and thus is considered as an indicator species f...
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ftopenagrar:oai:www.openagrar.de:openagrar_mods_00062740 2024-09-15T17:34:34+00:00 Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany Feyer, Sina Bartenschlager, Florian Bertram, Christof A. Ziegler, Ute Fast, Christine Klopfleisch, Robert Müller, Kerstin 2020-08-02 https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13759 https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00062740 https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00037038/SD2020336_SD2021218.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13759 eng eng Transboundary and Emerging Diseases -- Transbound Emerg Dis -- 1865-1682 -- 1865-1674 -- 2414822-2 -- 2408860-2 -- 10.1111/(ISSN)1865-1682 -- https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tbed/ -- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18651682 -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2414822 https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13759 https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00062740 https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00037038/SD2020336_SD2021218.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13759 only signed in user all rights reserved info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Text article ddc:570 birds of prey -- flavivirus -- goshawk -- neurology -- vector borne disease -- West Nile virus article Text doc-type:article 2020 ftopenagrar https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.1375910.1111/(ISSN)1865-1682 2024-07-08T23:56:25Z West Nile virus (WNV), a zoonotic arbovirus, is a new epizootic disease in Germany and caused increasing avian and equine mortality since its first detection in 2018. The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is highly susceptible to fatal WNV disease and thus is considered as an indicator species for WNV emergence in European countries. Therefore, information regarding clinical presentation and pathological findings are important for identifying suspect cases and initiating further virological diagnostics. Between July and September 2019 ten free‐ranging goshawks were admitted to the Small Animal Clinic of the Freie Universität Berlin with later confirmed WNV infection. Clinical, pathological and virological findings are summarized in this report. All birds were presented obtunded and in poor to cachectic body condition. Most of the birds were juveniles (8/10) and females (9/10). Neurologic abnormalities were observed in all birds and included stupor (3/10), seizures (3/10), head tremor (2/10), head tilt (2/10), ataxia (2/10) and monoplegia (2/10). Concurrent diseases like aerosacculitis/pneumonia (7/10), clinical infections with Eucoleus spp. and Trichomonas spp. (3/10), trauma related injuries (3/10) and myiasis (2/10) were found. Blood analysis results were unspecific considering concurrent diseases. Median time of survival was two days. The most common pathological findings were meningoencephalitis (9/10), myocarditis (8/10), iridocyclitis (8/8) and myositis (7/10). WNV infection was diagnosed by real‐time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and confirmed by serology and immunohistochemistry. Article in Journal/Newspaper Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk OpenAgrar (OA) Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 68 2 907 919 |
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Text article ddc:570 birds of prey -- flavivirus -- goshawk -- neurology -- vector borne disease -- West Nile virus Feyer, Sina Bartenschlager, Florian Bertram, Christof A. Ziegler, Ute Fast, Christine Klopfleisch, Robert Müller, Kerstin Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany |
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West Nile virus (WNV), a zoonotic arbovirus, is a new epizootic disease in Germany and caused increasing avian and equine mortality since its first detection in 2018. The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is highly susceptible to fatal WNV disease and thus is considered as an indicator species for WNV emergence in European countries. Therefore, information regarding clinical presentation and pathological findings are important for identifying suspect cases and initiating further virological diagnostics. Between July and September 2019 ten free‐ranging goshawks were admitted to the Small Animal Clinic of the Freie Universität Berlin with later confirmed WNV infection. Clinical, pathological and virological findings are summarized in this report. All birds were presented obtunded and in poor to cachectic body condition. Most of the birds were juveniles (8/10) and females (9/10). Neurologic abnormalities were observed in all birds and included stupor (3/10), seizures (3/10), head tremor (2/10), head tilt (2/10), ataxia (2/10) and monoplegia (2/10). Concurrent diseases like aerosacculitis/pneumonia (7/10), clinical infections with Eucoleus spp. and Trichomonas spp. (3/10), trauma related injuries (3/10) and myiasis (2/10) were found. Blood analysis results were unspecific considering concurrent diseases. Median time of survival was two days. The most common pathological findings were meningoencephalitis (9/10), myocarditis (8/10), iridocyclitis (8/8) and myositis (7/10). WNV infection was diagnosed by real‐time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and confirmed by serology and immunohistochemistry. |
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Feyer, Sina Bartenschlager, Florian Bertram, Christof A. Ziegler, Ute Fast, Christine Klopfleisch, Robert Müller, Kerstin |
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Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany |
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Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany |
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Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany |
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Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany |
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Clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal West Nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (Accipiter gentilis ) in Germany |
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clinical, pathological and virological aspects of fatal west nile virus infections in ten free‐ranging goshawks (accipiter gentilis ) in germany |
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