Assessment of avian health status: suitability and constraints of the Zoetis VetScan VS2 blood analyser for ecological and evolutionary studies

Xiong, Ye; Tobler, Michael; Hegemann, Arne; Hasselquist, Dennis

doi:10.1242/bio.060009

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“…Estimating the health of an individual bird has been used to measure the impacts of stress, environmental contamination, migration, reproduction, infectious diseases, and numerous other variables. New methods and techniques have become available to measure a physiological parameter related to metabolism, nutritional status, hormones, and immune function in wild birds (Xiong et al, 2023). Understanding the current physiological health status can be crucial for insight into how bird may be susceptible to infections, co-infections, and the role of superspreaders in potential outbreaks (Jankowski et al, 2013;Fritzsche McKay and Hoye, 2016).…”

Section: Avian Host Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transboundary determinants of avian zoonotic infectious diseases: challenges for strengthening research capacity and connecting surveillance networks

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Al-Hmoud,

Alrwashdeh

et al. 2024

Front. Microbiol.

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As the climate changes, global systems have become increasingly unstable and unpredictable. This is particularly true for many disease systems, including subtypes of highly pathogenic avian influenzas (HPAIs) that are circulating the world. Ecological patterns once thought stable are changing, bringing new populations and organisms into contact with one another. Wild birds continue to be hosts and reservoirs for numerous zoonotic pathogens, and strains of HPAI and other pathogens have been introduced into new regions via migrating birds and transboundary trade of wild birds. With these expanding environmental changes, it is even more crucial that regions or counties that previously did not have surveillance programs develop the appropriate skills to sample wild birds and add to the understanding of pathogens in migratory and breeding birds through research. For example, little is known about wild bird infectious diseases and migration along the Mediterranean and Black Sea Flyway (MBSF), which connects Europe, Asia, and Africa. Focusing on avian influenza and the microbiome in migratory wild birds along the MBSF, this project seeks to understand the determinants of transboundary disease propagation and coinfection in regions that are connected by this flyway. Through the creation of a threat reduction network for avian diseases (Avian Zoonotic Disease Network, AZDN) in three countries along the MBSF (Georgia, Ukraine, and Jordan), this project is strengthening capacities for disease diagnostics; microbiomes; ecoimmunology; field biosafety; proper wildlife capture and handling; experimental design; statistical analysis; and vector sampling and biology. Here, we cover what is required to build a wild bird infectious disease research and surveillance program, which includes learning skills in proper bird capture and handling; biosafety and biosecurity; permits; next generation sequencing; leading-edge bioinformatics and statistical analyses; and vector and environmental sampling. Creating connected networks for avian influenzas and other pathogen surveillance will increase coordination and strengthen biosurveillance globally in wild birds.

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Section: Avian Host Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%