Estudio epizootiológico de cólera aviar en bahía Esperanza, Antártida
Leotta, Gerardo Aníbal · SEDICI UNLP · 2005
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During 3 austral summers an epizootiological study of avian cholera in Hope Bay, Antarctica, was performed. Variables about host, etiological agent and environment were analyzed. Bird population breeding in Hope Bay were censuced. Birds found dead were analyzed and healthy birds without clinical signs were sampled. Birds affected by Avian Cholera and the following variables were analyzed: species, age, sex and behavior. Dead birds were analyzed by clinical, pathological and microbiological criterions. P. multocida isolates were identified by biochemical tests, capsular type, somatic serotype, susceptibility to 11 antibiotics, and molecular subtyping by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequences (ERIC-PCR) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) using ApaI and SmaI was carried out. The discriminatory power was evaluated in both molecular techniques analyzing 41 P. multocida strains from different sources. Physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics from 10 fresh water ponds and the following climatical variables were studied: temperature, precipitations and wind. In the summer 2000-2001, the skua mortality by Avian Cholera was 30,6% (23/75), in kelp gulls was 1.4% (2/213), and in Adelie penguins was 0.01% (45/372.000). The 70 carcasses had lesions compatible with Avian Cholera. In kelp gulls the disease presentation was chronic, skuas and penguins suffered a subacute and acute disease, respectively. Fifty-three isolates recovered from dead birds and one from fresh water pond were identified as P. multocida gallicida biotype 8, type A:1. ApaI-PFGE (D=0,98) showed better discriminatory power than ERIC-PCR (D=0,90), the 54 strains isolated in Hope Bay presented an unique molecular pattern by both techniques. It was demonstrated that epizootic event reported in Hope Bay during summer 2000-2001 was originated by non-reproductive kelp gulls, and fresh water ponds were the source of P. m. gallicida transmission. The conclusion was that the behavior, species and age of birds were predisponent variables for Avian Cholera in Hope Bay. Surveillance, monitoring, prevention and control measures for future epizootiological studies on Avian Cholera and other infectious diseases affected antarctic birds are propossed.
Doctor en Ciencias Veterinarias
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Leotta, G. A. (2005). Estudio epizootiológico de cólera aviar en bahía Esperanza, Antártida. SEDICI UNLP. https://doi.org/10.35537/10915/1467
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Leotta, Gerardo Aníbal. Estudio epizootiológico de cólera aviar en bahía Esperanza, Antártida. SEDICI UNLP, 2005. https://doi.org/10.35537/10915/1467.
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Leotta, Gerardo Aníbal. 2005. Estudio epizootiológico de cólera aviar en bahía Esperanza, Antártida. SEDICI UNLP. https://doi.org/10.35537/10915/1467.
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Leotta, G. A. 2005, Estudio epizootiológico de cólera aviar en bahía Esperanza, Antártida, SEDICI UNLP, available at: https://doi.org/10.35537/10915/1467 [Accessed 28 Jun. 2026].
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- Título
- Estudio epizootiológico de cólera aviar en bahía Esperanza, Antártida
- Autor / colaboradores
- Leotta, Gerardo Aníbal
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- SEDICI UNLP
- Año de publicación
- 2005
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