Outbreaks of avian cholera in Hope Bay, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Leotta, Gerardo Aníbal, Chinen, Isabel, Vigo, Germán Blas, Pecoraro, Marcelo Ricardo Ítalo, Rivas, Marta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Ciencias Veterinarias; Adelie penguin; Antarctica; avian cholera; ERIC-PCR; kelp gull; Pasteurella multocida; PFGE; skua; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Hope Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Pygoscelis adeliae; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/133058

During austral summers 1999–2000 and 2000–01, two outbreaks of avian cholera occurred in the Hope Bay area (63u249S, 56u599W), located on the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Eighty-six dead birds were found: five kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus), 36 skuas (Stercorarius sp.), and 45 Adelie penguins (Py...