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Thema: Ornithologische Studie an Spiesenten untermauert die Zugvogeltheorie

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    Ornithologische Studie an Spiesenten untermauert die Zugvogeltheorie

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-gef102708.php

    Genetic evidence for avian influenza movement from Asia to North America via wild birds

    Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America.

    As part of a multi-pronged research effort to understand the role of migratory birds in the transfer of avian influenza viruses between Asia and North America, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska and the University of Tokyo, have found genetic evidence for the movement of Asian forms of avian influenza to Alaska by northern pintail ducks.

    In an article published this week in Molecular Ecology, USGS scientists observed that nearly half of the low pathogenic avian influenza viruses found in wild northern pintail ducks in Alaska contained at least one (of eight) gene segments that were more closely related to Asian than to North American strains of avian influenza.

    It was a highly pathogenic form of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that spread across Asia to Europe and Africa over the past decade, causing the deaths of 245 people and raising concerns of a possible human pandemic. The role of migratory birds in moving the highly pathogenic virus to other geographic areas has been a subject of debate among scientists. Disagreement has focused on how likely it is for H5N1 to disperse among continents via wild birds.

    "Although some previous research has led to speculation that intercontinental transfer of avian influenza viruses from Asia to North America via wild birds is rare, this study challenges that," said Chris Franson, a research wildlife biologist with the USGS National Wildlife Health Center and co-author of the study. Franson added that most of the previous studies examined bird species that are not transcontinental migrants or were from mid-latitude locales in North America, regions far removed from sources of Asian strains of avian influenza.

    Scientists with the USGS, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state agencies, and Alaska native communities, obtained samples from more than 1,400 northern pintails from locations throughout Alaska. Samples containing viruses were then analyzed and compared to virus samples taken from other birds in North America and Eastern Asia where northern pintails are known to winter.

    Researchers chose northern pintails as the focus of the study because they are fairly common in North America and Asia, they are frequently infected by low pathogenic avian influenza, and they are known to migrate between North America and Asia. None of the samples were found to contain completely Asian-origin viruses and none were highly pathogenic.

    "This kind of genetic analysis - using the low pathogenic strains of avian influenza virus commonly found in wild birds - can answer questions not only about the migratory movements of wild birds, but the degree of virus exchange that takes place between continents, provided the right species and geographic locations are sampled," said John Pearce, a research wildlife biologist with the USGS Alaska Science Center and co-author of the study.

    "Furthermore, this research validates our current surveillance sampling process for highly pathogenic avian influenza in Alaska and demonstrates that genetic analysis can be used as an effective tool to further refine surveillance plans across North America, Pearce added.

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    Editors: Please see this press release at the USGS Newsroom for downloadable, copyright-free photos: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/

    Website for USGS northern pintail avian influenza research: http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biolo...movements.html

    Implications of the Research:

    Migratory bird species, including many waterfowl and shorebirds, that frequently carry low pathogenic avian influenza and migrate between continents may carry Asian strains of the virus along their migratory pathways to North America.

    USGS researchers found that nearly half of influenza viruses isolated from northern pintail ducks in Alaska contained at least one of eight virus genes that were more closely related to Asian than North American strains. None of the samples contained completely Asian-origin viruses and none were highly pathogenic forms that have caused deaths of domestic poultry and humans.

    The central location of Alaska in relation to Asian and North American migratory flyways may explain the higher frequency of Asian lineages observed in this study in comparison to more southerly locations in North America. Thus, continued surveillance for highly pathogenic viruses via sampling of wild birds in Alaska is warranted.

    Future surveillance for avian influenza in wild birds should include the type of genetic analyses used in this study to better understand

    USGS provides science for a changing world. For more information, visit www.usgs.gov.


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    Das überrascht nicht besonders.

    Dass LPAI Viren in Wildvögeln, v.a. Wasservögeln endemisch vorkommen können, ist x fach untersucht und wird eigentlich von niemandem ernsthaft bestritten.

    Allerdings sind in einer Studie an Schwänen Zweifel aufgekommen, ob die Kondition infizierter Tiere nicht stärker in Mitleidenschaft gezogen ist als bislang gedacht, und die Autoren stellen in Frage, ob solche Tiere weit fliegen können.

    Viel interessanter scheint mir, dass trotz intensiver Beprobung kein Material gefunden wurde, was HPAI zugeordnet werden kann.

    Wenn die These einer maßgeblichen Rolle der Wildvögel bei der Übertragung von HPAI Viren zutreffen soll, müsste Virusmaterial bei lebenden, klinisch unauffälligen Tieren nachzuweisen sein.

    Bislang beschränkte sich die Argumentationslinie auf die Behauptung, es sei (noch) nicht intensiv genug gesucht waren, die Nachweismethoden seinen ungenügend sensitiv oder ungeeignet etc. In Deutschland, wo der Grossteil der westeuropäischen Fälle aufgetreten ist, jedoch nie etwas gefunden wurde, konnte man das mit Desinteresse , fachlicher Inkompetenz und falschen politischen Vorgaben in Zusammenhang bringen.

    Ich denke aber nicht, dass sich dies auf andere Studien und Untersuchungen übertragen lässt.

    Niman’s Thesen scheinen zunehmend unter Druck zu kommen.

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    0,4 Holländische Zwerge, 1,4 Zwerg-Orloff, 1,0 Holländer-Bantam-Mixe

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    In Indien wird es auch ein Monitoring an Zugvögeln geben ...
    http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/19/stor...1955180500.htm

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