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1 October 2008 Causes of Mortality of Wild Birds Submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador from 2002–2004
Nicole L. Gottdenker, Timothy Walsh, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Franklin Betancourt, Marilyn Cruz, Catherine Soos, R. Eric Miller, Patricia G. Parker
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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).

Gottdenker, Walsh, Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Betancourt, Cruz, Soos, Miller, and Parker: Causes of Mortality of Wild Birds Submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador from 2002–2004
Nicole L. Gottdenker, Timothy Walsh, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Franklin Betancourt, Marilyn Cruz, Catherine Soos, R. Eric Miller, and Patricia G. Parker "Causes of Mortality of Wild Birds Submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador from 2002–2004," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(4), 1024-1031, (1 October 2008). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.1024
Received: 17 June 2007; Published: 1 October 2008
KEYWORDS
Galápagos
necropsy
Philornis
poxvirus
roadkill
schistosomosis
trauma
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