High Mortality in Terns and Gulls Associated with Infection with the Novel Gull Adenovirus

Kobey Karamendin; Aidyn Kydyrmanov; Sasan Fereidouni

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-20-00156

High Mortality in Terns and Gulls Associated with Infection with the Novel Gull Adenovirus

J Wildl Dis. 2021 Jul 1;57(3):662-666. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00156.

Authors

Kobey Karamendin^{1

2}, Aidyn Kydyrmanov^{1

2}, Sasan Fereidouni³

Affiliations

¹ Scientific and Production Center of Microbiology and Virology, 105 Bogenbay Batyr Street, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan.
² Kazakh National Agrarian University, 8 Abai Avenue, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan.
³ Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, 1160 Wien, Savoyenstrasse 1a, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 34019666
DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00156

Abstract

High mortality in Caspian Terns (Hydroprogne caspia) and Great Black-headed Gulls (Larus ichthyaetus), was recorded on the northeastern shores of the Caspian Sea in June 2013. Retrospective high throughput sequencing of archived tissue samples conducted in 2018 revealed the presence of the recently identified novel gull adenovirus similar to that associated with mortality in gulls in the Netherlands in 2001. We suggest that that this gull adenovirus specifically can be considered as an emerging threat to the health and conservation of gulls and terns.

Keywords: Adenovirus; Caspian Sea; Caspian Tern; Great Black-headed Gull; mortality.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adenoviridae / genetics
Animals
Charadriiformes*
Netherlands / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies