Raquel B Ferioli, Amanda R da Mata, Angélica M Sánchez-Sarmiento, Melissa Marcon, Karina K Marques da Costa Flaiban, Pedro Castilho, Cristiane K M Kolesnikovas, Adriane Steuernagel, Giulia G Lemos, Camila Domit, Renata L Soares, Maria C L Alvarez, Rodrigo Del Rio do Valle, Andrea Maranho, Anneliese C Kyllar, Hugo G Neto, Carla B Barbosa
Complete blood counts (n=566) and serum biochemistry (n=426) were assessed in seven coastal seabirds species that underwent rehabilitation along the southeastern and southern coast of Brazil from Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro State (22°56'16.44″S, 42°18'24.16″W) to Laguna, Santa Catarina State (28°29'43″S, 48°45'39.2″W), from August 2016 to August 2020. Blood samples were collected from four species of Charadriiformes, including Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus, n=136), South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea, n=25), Cabot's Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus, n=17), and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo, n=14) as well as three species of Suliformes, the Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster, n=212), Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens, n=104), and Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum, n=58)...
February 12, 2024: Journal of Wildlife Diseases