The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens
from humans to animals, and its potential to threaten conservation and public health. To …

Provision of supplementary food for wild birds at garden feeding stations is a common, large-
scale and year-round practice in multiple countries including Great Britain (GB). While these …

Similar to other infectious diseases, the prevalence of low pathogenic avian influenza
viruses (LPAIV) has been seen to exhibit marked seasonal variation. However, mechanisms …

Poxvirus infections have been found in 230 species of wild and domestic birds worldwide in
both terrestrial and marine environments. This ubiquity raises the question of how infection …

Avian pox is a widespread infection in birds caused by genus Avipoxvirus pathogens. It is a
noteworthy, potentially lethal disease to wild and domestic hosts. It can produce two different …

Wild bird feeding often results in high densities of birds, potentially facilitating transmission
of disease. Wild birds are major reservoirs of many zoonotic diseases, and although a …

Brazilian wild birds are recognized as frequent and important hosts for immature stages of
more than half of the 32 recognized species of Amblyomma ticks recorded in that country …

Our knowledge of diseases in New Zealand wildlife has expanded rapidly in the last two
decades. Much of this is due to a greater awareness of disease as a cause of mortality in …

Poxviruses (family: Poxviridae) infect many avian species, causing several disease
outcomes, the most common of which are proliferative lesions on the legs, feet, and/or head …

Migratory birds play important roles as distributors of ticks within and between continents. In
the Old World, the most important migratory route of birds links Asia, Europe and Africa …