caa a22 4500 445378425 CHVBK 20180317143010.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-011-0696-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-011-0696-8 Evidence of Spread of the Emerging Infectious Disease, Finch Trichomonosis, by Migrating birds [Elektronische Daten] [Becki Lawson, Robert Robinson, Aleksija Neimanis, Kjell Handeland, Marja Isomursu, Erik Agren, Inger Hamnes, Kevin Tyler, Julian Chantrey, Laura Hughes, Tom Pennycott, Vic Simpson, Shinto John, Kirsi Peck, Mike Toms, Malcolm Bennett, James Kirkwood, Andrew Cunningham] Finch trichomonosis emerged in Great Britain in 2005 and led to epidemic mortality and a significant population decline of greenfinches, Carduelis chloris and chaffinches, Fringilla coelebs, in the central and western counties of England and Wales in the autumn of 2006. In this article, we show continued epidemic spread of the disease with a pronounced shift in geographical distribution towards eastern England in 2007. This was followed by international spread to southern Fennoscandia where cases were confirmed at multiple sites in the summer of 2008. Sequence data of the ITS1/5.8S/ITS2 ribosomal region and part of the small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene showed no variation between the British and Fennoscandian parasite strains of Trichomonas gallinae. Epidemiological and historical ring return data support bird migration as a plausible mechanism for the observed pattern of disease spread, and suggest the chaffinch as the most likely primary vector. This finding is novel since, although intuitive, confirmed disease spread by migratory birds is very rare and, when it has been recognised, this has generally been for diseases caused by viral pathogens. We believe this to be the first documented case of the spread of a protozoal emerging infectious disease by migrating birds. International Association for Ecology and Health, 2011 trichomonosis nationallicence Trichomonas gallinae nationallicence Carduelis chloris nationallicence Fringilla coelebs nationallicence migration nationallicence emerging infectious disease nationallicence Lawson Becki Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY, London, UK aut Robinson Robert British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, IP24 2PU, Thetford, Norfolk, UK aut Neimanis Aleksija Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, 751 89, Uppsala, Sweden aut Handeland Kjell Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Ullevålsveien 68, 0454, Oslo, Norway aut Isomursu Marja Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Production Animal and Wildlife Health Research Unit, Elektroniikkatie 3, 90590, Oulu, Finland aut Agren Erik Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, 751 89, Uppsala, Sweden aut Hamnes Inger Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Ullevålsveien 68, 0454, Oslo, Norway aut Tyler Kevin Biomedical Research Centre, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK aut Chantrey Julian University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus Neston, CH64 7TE, South Wirral, UK aut Hughes Laura University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus Neston, CH64 7TE, South Wirral, UK aut Pennycott Tom Disease Surveillance Centre, Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, KA6 5AE, Ayr, UK aut Simpson Vic Wildlife Veterinary Investigation Centre, Jollys Bottom Farm, Chacewater, TR4 8PB, Truro, Cornwall, UK aut John Shinto Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY, London, UK aut Peck Kirsi Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, SG19 2DL, Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK aut Toms Mike British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, IP24 2PU, Thetford, Norfolk, UK aut Bennett Malcolm University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus Neston, CH64 7TE, South Wirral, UK aut Kirkwood James Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, AL4 8AN, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, UK aut Cunningham Andrew Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY, London, UK aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/2(2011-06-01), 143-153 1612-9202 8:2<143 2011 8 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0696-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0696-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lawson Becki Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson Robert British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, IP24 2PU, Thetford, Norfolk, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Neimanis Aleksija Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, 751 89, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Handeland Kjell Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Ullevålsveien 68, 0454, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Isomursu Marja Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Production Animal and Wildlife Health Research Unit, Elektroniikkatie 3, 90590, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Agren Erik Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases, National Veterinary Institute, 751 89, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hamnes Inger Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Ullevålsveien 68, 0454, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tyler Kevin Biomedical Research Centre, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chantrey Julian University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus Neston, CH64 7TE, South Wirral, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hughes Laura University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus Neston, CH64 7TE, South Wirral, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pennycott Tom Disease Surveillance Centre, Scottish Agricultural College, Auchincruive, KA6 5AE, Ayr, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Simpson Vic Wildlife Veterinary Investigation Centre, Jollys Bottom 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