Detection of Trichomonas gallinae in Wild Birds Admitted to a Rehabilitation Center, Florida, USA

J Wildl Dis. 2020 Jul;56(3):733-735. doi: 10.7589/2019-05-127. Epub 2020 Mar 27.

Abstract

We screened raptors (n=188) and columbids (n=2) presenting to a Tampa, Florida, US rehabilitation center from June 2016 to April 2017 for Trichomonas gallinae. One juvenile Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) was culture- and PCR-positive and sequencing identified as genotype E1. A subset of culture-negative (10%, n=19) samples were negative via PCR.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild
  • Bird Diseases / parasitology*
  • Birds / parasitology*
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Trichomonas Infections / epidemiology
  • Trichomonas Infections / parasitology
  • Trichomonas Infections / veterinary*