Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera
Global change is contributing to unprecedented expansions of infectious diseases in wildlife. Recurrent avian cholera outbreaks are causing dramatic chick mortality and population decline in endangered albatross colonies on Amsterdam Island, a critical seabird breeding ground in the Southern Indian...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:303710 2023-08-27T04:03:49+02:00 Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera Bourret, Vincent Gamble, Amandine Tornos, Jérémy Jaeger, Audrey Delord, Karine Barbraud, Christophe Tortosa, Pablo Kada, Sarah Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Eric Gantelet, Hubert Weimerskirch, Henri Garnier, Romain Boulinier, Thierry 2018-07 text https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/303710/ https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/303710/1/303710.pdf en eng Wiley https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/303710/1/303710.pdf Bourret, V. et al. (2018) Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera. Conservation Letters <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Conservation_Letters.html>, 11(4), e12443. (doi:10.1111/conl.12443 <https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12443>) cc_by_4 Articles PeerReviewed 2018 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12443 2023-08-03T22:09:53Z Global change is contributing to unprecedented expansions of infectious diseases in wildlife. Recurrent avian cholera outbreaks are causing dramatic chick mortality and population decline in endangered albatross colonies on Amsterdam Island, a critical seabird breeding ground in the Southern Indian Ocean. We manufactured a killed vaccine using a Pasteurella multocida strain isolated from a dead albatross in the field. We used this same bacterial strain to establish a serological assay allowing the monitoring of antibody levels following bird vaccination. Using this vaccine on chicks 2 weeks posthatching caused 100% seroconversion and reduced the death risk by a factor exceeding 2.5, raising fledging probability from 14% to 46%. These results suggest that using a specifically tailored vaccine could be a key tool to effectively protect endangered seabirds from disease outbreaks threatening them with extinction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amsterdam Island University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Indian Conservation Letters 11 4 e12443 |
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Global change is contributing to unprecedented expansions of infectious diseases in wildlife. Recurrent avian cholera outbreaks are causing dramatic chick mortality and population decline in endangered albatross colonies on Amsterdam Island, a critical seabird breeding ground in the Southern Indian Ocean. We manufactured a killed vaccine using a Pasteurella multocida strain isolated from a dead albatross in the field. We used this same bacterial strain to establish a serological assay allowing the monitoring of antibody levels following bird vaccination. Using this vaccine on chicks 2 weeks posthatching caused 100% seroconversion and reduced the death risk by a factor exceeding 2.5, raising fledging probability from 14% to 46%. These results suggest that using a specifically tailored vaccine could be a key tool to effectively protect endangered seabirds from disease outbreaks threatening them with extinction. |
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Bourret, Vincent Gamble, Amandine Tornos, Jérémy Jaeger, Audrey Delord, Karine Barbraud, Christophe Tortosa, Pablo Kada, Sarah Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Eric Gantelet, Hubert Weimerskirch, Henri Garnier, Romain Boulinier, Thierry |
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Bourret, Vincent Gamble, Amandine Tornos, Jérémy Jaeger, Audrey Delord, Karine Barbraud, Christophe Tortosa, Pablo Kada, Sarah Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Eric Gantelet, Hubert Weimerskirch, Henri Garnier, Romain Boulinier, Thierry Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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Bourret, Vincent Gamble, Amandine Tornos, Jérémy Jaeger, Audrey Delord, Karine Barbraud, Christophe Tortosa, Pablo Kada, Sarah Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Eric Gantelet, Hubert Weimerskirch, Henri Garnier, Romain Boulinier, Thierry |
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Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera |
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https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/303710/1/303710.pdf Bourret, V. et al. (2018) Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera. Conservation Letters <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Conservation_Letters.html>, 11(4), e12443. (doi:10.1111/conl.12443 <https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12443>) |
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