TY - JOUR A1 - Kruckenberg, Helmut A1 - Müller, Thomas A1 - Freuling, Conrad A1 - Mühle, Ralf-Udo A1 - Globig, Anja A1 - Schirrmeier, Horst A1 - Buss, Melanie A1 - Harder, Timm A1 - Kramer, Matthias A1 - Teske, Kathrin A1 - Polderdijk, Kees A1 - Wallschläger, Hans-Dieter A1 - Hlinak, Andreas T1 - Serological and virological survey and resighting of marked wild geese in Germany JF - European journal of wildlife research N2 - In order to investigate the potential role of arctic geese in the epidemiology, the spatial and temporal spread of selected avian diseases, in autumn 2002, a virological and serological survey designed as capture-mark-resighting study was conducted in one of the most important coastal resting sites for migratory waterfowl in Germany. Orophatyngeal, cloacal swabs and blood samples were collected from a total of 147 birds comprising of three different arctic geese species including White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis rossicus), Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) as well as from 29 non-migratory Canada Geese (Branta canadensis). Altogether, six adeno-like viruses (ALV; 95% CI, 1.74-9.92%) and two avian paramyxoviruses (APMV-4; 95% Cl, 0.19-5.53%) were isolated mainly from juvenile White-fronted Geese. In addition, four Canada Geese were infected with lentogenic APMV-1 (95% CI, 3.89-31.66%) at the date of sampling. No avian influenza viruses, reo-like viruses could be isolated despite serological evidence. Likewise, no evidence of current or previous infection by West Nile virus was found. Of the 147 birds tagged in the following years, 137 birds were resighted between 2002 and 2008 accumulating to 1925 sightings. About 90% of all sightings were reported from the main wintering and resting sites in Germany and The Netherlands. Eight of the resighted geese were virus positive (ALV and APMV-4) at the time point of sampling in 2002. KW - Wild geese KW - Anser albifrons KW - White-fronted goose KW - Disease KW - Spatial distribution KW - Winter KW - Distribution KW - Branta canadensis KW - Canada goose KW - Virus KW - Infection KW - Neckbanding Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0514-1 SN - 1612-4642 VL - 57 IS - 5 SP - 1025 EP - 1032 PB - Springer CY - New York ER -