Concurrent avian malaria and avipox virus infection in translocated South Island saddlebacks (<i>Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus</i>)

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CASE HISTORY: Outbreaks of mortality in South Island saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus) that had been translocated to two offshore islands in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand were investigated during the summers of 2002 and 2007. Both outbreaks were associated with a severe decrease in numbers of saddlebacks of up to 60% of approximately 200 birds. CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS: Many...

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