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A SURVEY OF VIRUS INFECTION IN SUB‐ANTARCTIC PENGUINS ON MACQUARIE ISLAND, SOUTHERN OCEAN
Author(s) -
Morgan I. R.,
Westbury H. A.,
Caple I. W.,
Campbell J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1981.tb05839.x
Subject(s) - newcastle disease , virology , alphavirus , virus , flavivirus , biology , ross river virus , hemagglutination , antibody , haemagglutination inhibition , serology , immunology
SUMMARY Serums from 1002 penguins of 4 species on Macquarie Island, a sub‐antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, were examined for antibody to Newcastle disease virus (NDV), influenza A virus, avian paramyxovirus, alphavirus and flavivirus. No evidence of haemagglutination‐inhibition antibody to influenza A virus or alphavirus was detected. Serums from 6% of royal penguins sampled gave positive reactions to NDV while the other 3 species were negative. Antibody to a flavivirus and an avian paramyxovirus, other than NDV, was detected in 3 of the 4 penguin species. Cloacal swabs from 831 penguins of 4 species were examined for the presence of viruses. Six isolates of paramyxovirus, other than NDV, were obtained from swabs taken from royal and king penguins at 2 widely separated sites on the island.