| canary finches (serinus canaria) as an avian infection model for lyme borreliosis. | to investigate if passerine birds can be used as an avian model for lyme borreliosis, the borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strain sh2-82 was inoculated subcutaneously on canary finches (serinus canaria). spirochaetes could be detected in the blood by direct microscopy and an immunofluorescence assay (ifa) up to 2 weeks after the inoculation. dna amplification (pcr) revealed b. burgdorferi dna in the serum for up to 3 weeks, in the faeces up to 4 weeks, and from several internal organs at autop ... | 1996 | 8831827 |