Health Status of Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) in Eastern Kansas
Date
2000
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Avian Diseases
Abstract
SUMMARY. The health status of wild northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) from Lyon County, Kansas, was evaluated by conducting comprehensive health assessments on 25 birds. Gross lesions indicative of avian pox, ulcerative enteritis, and quail bronchitis were not present. Serologic tests for antibodies to Salmonella pullorum, Salmonella gallinarum, Pasteurella multocida, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae, and avian adenoviruses were all negative. Intestinal coccidia (Eimeria spp.) were found in 36% of the birds. Only three species of helminth parasites were found: Dispharynx nasuta in two birds, Cyrnea colini in one bird, and larval Physaloptera sp. in four birds. Arthropod parasites (ticks, lice, mites, and/ or chiggers) were present on 96% of the birds examined. Compared with wild bobwhite populations in the southeastern United States, the diversity, prevalence, and intensities of microbial and parasitic agents were low.
RESUMEN. Nota de Investigacion-Estado de salud de la codorniz blanca del Norte en el oriente de Kansas. Se realiz6 un estudio detallado del estado de salud de la codorniz silvestre blanca del norte (Colinus virginianus) en el condado de Lyon, Kansas en 25 aves. Las lesiones a la necropsia indicaron que la viruela aviar, la enteritis ulcerativa y la bronquitis de la codorniz no estaban presentes. Las pruebas serologicas para anticuerpos contra Salmonella pullorum, Salmonella gallinarum, Pasteurella multocida, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae y adenovirus aviares fueron negativas. Se observ6 coccidia intestinal (Eimeria spp.) en 36% de las aves. Se encontraron tres especies de helmintos uinicamente, Dispharynx nasuta en dos aves, Cyrnea colini en un ave y un estado larvario de Physaloptera sp. en cuatro aves. Los parasitos artropodos (garrapatas, piojos, acaros y niguas) estuvieron presentes en el 96% de las aves examinadas. La diversidad, la prevalencia y la intensidad de agentes parasiticos y microbianos fue baja, comparada con las poblaciones silvestres de codornices blancas en el sureste de los Estados Unidos.
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This article was originally published in Avian Diseases. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/1593071
Keywords
avian pox, coccidia, Kansas, Mycoplasma, northern bobwhite, parasite, Salmonella, life on land
Citation
Williams, Christopher K., William R. Davidson, R. Scott Lutz, and Roger D. Applegate. “Health Status of Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus Virginianus) in Eastern Kansas.” Avian Diseases 44, no. 4 (2000): 953–56. https://doi.org/10.2307/1593071.