| epidemiology of salmonellosis in garden birds in england and wales, 1993 to 2003. | salmonellosis has been reported as an important cause of mortality of garden birds in several countries, including norway and scotland. we investigated the frequency of the disease in garden birds submitted for postmortem examination by members of the public in england and wales between 1993 and 2003, inclusive. we found salmonellosis to be the most frequent cause of death due to infectious disease in the garden birds submitted. this disease was confirmed in 7 of the 45 bird species that were ex ... | 2010 | 20945078 |
| evidence of spread of the emerging infectious disease, finch trichomonosis, by migrating birds. | finch trichomonosis emerged in great britain in 2005 and led to epidemic mortality and a significant population decline of greenfinches, carduelis chloris and chaffinches, fringilla coelebs, in the central and western counties of england and wales in the autumn of 2006. in this article, we show continued epidemic spread of the disease with a pronounced shift in geographical distribution towards eastern england in 2007. this was followed by international spread to southern fennoscandia where case ... | 2011 | 21935745 |