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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(4), 2008, pp. 1024-1031
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Causes of Mortality of Wild Birds Submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador from 2002–2004

 Nicole L. Gottdenker1,2,3,4, Timothy Walsh1,2,3,5, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui2, Franklin Betancourt2, Marilyn Cruz6, Catherine Soos1,2,3,7, R. Eric Miller1 and Patricia G. Parker1,3,8

1 Saint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
2 Charles Darwin Research Station, A.P.17-01-3891, Quinto, Ecuador
3 Department of Biology, University of Missouri St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63121, USA
4 Odum School of Ecology, Ecology Building, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30601, USA
5 Department of Animal Health, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA
6 Galápagos Epidemiology, Pathology, and Genetics Laboratory, Darwin Initiative Project, Calle Duncan and Angermeyer Galápagos National Park, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador
7 Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4, Canada
8 Corresponding author (email: pparker{at}umsl.edu)

ABSTRACT:   Necropsy findings were reviewed from wild birds submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Archipelago between 2004 and 2006. One hundred and ninety cases from 27 different species were submitted, and 178 of these cases were evaluated grossly or histologically. Trauma and trauma-related deaths (n=141) dominated necropsy submissions. Infectious causes of avian mortality included myiasis due to Philornis sp. (n=6), avian pox (n=1), and schistosomosis (n=1).
  Key words:  Galápagos, necropsy, Philornis, poxvirus, roadkill, schistosomosis, trauma, wild birds.






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