In the present study, fecal samples obtained from kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus), brown-hooded gulls (Larus maculipennis), and Olrog's gulls (Larus atlanticus) on the coast of the District of Pinamar, and grey-hooded gulls (Larus cirrocephalus) on the coast of the Lagoon Salada Grande and surrounding wetlands, General Madariaga, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, were tested for evidence of avian influenza virus over a period of 3 yr. This surveillance in free-living wild birds in the Buenos Aires Province started in October 2008. Additional samples, which included cloacal swabs, tracheal swabs, or pooled organs, were obtained from sick or dead gulls that arrived at the Fundación Ecológica Pinamar or were provided by the Dirección de Seguridad en Playas, Municipalidad de Pinamar. Samples were pooled according to date, species, and area. Pooled samples were inoculated in 9- to 11-day-old eggs, and after 5 days, allantoic fluids were tested for evidence of hemagglutination. None of the samples was positive for avian influenza viruses.
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1 December 2012
A Survey for Avian Influenza from Gulls on the Coasts of the District of Pinamar and the Lagoon Salada Grande, General Madariaga, Argentina
Celina Buscaglia
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Avian Diseases
Vol. 56 • No. 4s1
December 2012
Vol. 56 • No. 4s1
December 2012
Argentina
avian influenza
free-living birds
gulls
hemagglutination
survey
viruses