Newcastle disease virus and Chlamydia psittaci in free-living raptors from eastern Germany.
Organ samples from free-living raptors from the federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg in eastern Germany were tested for Newcastle disease virus (NDV; n = 331) and Chlamydia psittaci (n = 39) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In 18 individuals NDV nucleic acids were detected. These samples originated from barn owls (Tyto alba; n = 15, 28%), tawny owl (Strix aluco; n = 1, 5%), common buzzard (Buteo buteo, n = 1, 1%), and European kestrel (Falco tinnunculus; n = 1, 4%). In 29 (74%) of 39 samples C. psittaci was detected. Chlamydia psittaci is common in free-living birds of prey in the investigated area.
Schettler
Elvira
E
Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, Alfred Kowalke Strasse 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany.
Fickel
Jörns
J
Hotzel
Helmut
H
Sachse
Konrad
K
Streich
Wolf Jürgen
WJ
Wittstatt
Ulrich
U
Frölich
Kai
K
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D020304:Raptors; D013045:Species Specificity; D020305:Strigiformes