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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
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Abstract

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.

Kai Frölich, Christine Prusas, Elvira Schettler, and Hafez Mohamed Hafez "Antibodies to Adenoviruses in Free-Living Common Buzzards from Germany," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38(3), 633-636, (1 July 2002). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.633
Received: 9 July 2001; Published: 1 July 2002
KEYWORDS
Avian adenoviruses
Buteo buteo
common buzzards
Eastern Germany
free-living birds of prey
serologic survey
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