Re: WNV in Birds in Mexico, WNV antibodies in Birds in DR

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>Dominican Republic: ...Ornithologists of the University of Kansas in
>the United States, and at the National Zoological Park,

What was not given in the press release was the identity of the birds
found in the Dominican Republic testing positive for WNV antibodies.
I asked the Kansas people, because it is important information for
understanding the situation there. All were resident species: Ruddy
Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana), Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor;
resident; in breeding condition) , Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo
(Saurothera longirostris), and Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus;
n=2).

What this means is that the birds picked up the virus in the DR.
These are not migrants that came down there after being exposed up
north. We STILL do not know exactly how viable virus gets from one
place to another. We just know that it does.

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Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
607/254-2432
fax 607/254-2111
kjm2@cornell.edu
http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/

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