Health Surveillance of Penguins in the Barton Peninsula on King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
• Main Authors: Park, Jae Hak, Song, Juha, Ahn, Na, Lee, Byoung-Hee, Kim, Hyun-Cheol, Lee, Woo-Shin, Choi, Chang-Yong, Lee, Youn-Jeong, Lee, Eun-Kyoung, Lee, Hee-Soo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wildlife Disease Association 2021
• Subjects: INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE; PYGOSCELIS-ADELIAE; VIRUS; PCR; Antarctica; health surveillance; histopathology; penguin; pulmonary hemorrhage; King George Island; Barton; King Sejong Station; Barton Peninsula; Narebski Point; Antarc*; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin; Gentoo penguin; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10371/194735; https://doi.org/10.7589/2019-10-257

Samples from 29 adult Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua), Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus), and Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at the King Sejong Station on Narebski Point, King George Island, Antarctica, were investigated to detect antibodies to avian influenza, Newcastle disease virus, infectious bursal disease virus, infectious bronchitis virus, Mycoplasma, and Salmonella. Antibodies were identified from one Gentoo Penguin and one Chinstrap Penguin against infectious bronchitis virus; from one Gentoo Penguin against Newcastle disease virus; from one Gentoo Penguin against Mycoplasma synoviae; and from two Chinstrap Penguins against Salmonella pullorum. Thirty-three dead penguin chicks were collected from the breeding colony for necropsy, histopathological examination, and polymerase chain reaction. Pulmonary hemorrhage and congestion were the main necropsy findings. Y 1