One hundred sixty-seven plasma samples of free-living birds of prey from Berlin and Brandenburg State (Germany) were tested for antibodies against avian adenovirus (FAV, group I) using agar gel precipitation test. Antibodies to FAV were detected in seven (4%) of 167 total samples. The positive samples originated only from common buzzards (Buteo buteo; seven [12%] of 59). This serologic survey provides evidence of natural exposure of free-living common buzzards from eastern Germany to adenoviruses.
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1 July 2002
Antibodies to Adenoviruses in Free-Living Common Buzzards from Germany
Kai Frölich,
Christine Prusas,
Elvira Schettler,
Hafez Mohamed Hafez
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 38 • No. 3
July 2002
Vol. 38 • No. 3
July 2002
Avian adenoviruses
Buteo buteo
common buzzards
Eastern Germany
free-living birds of prey
serologic survey