| discovery and complete genome sequence of a novel circovirus-like virus in the endangered rowi kiwi, apteryx rowi. | circoviruses are circular, non-enveloped, single-stranded dna viruses around 2000 nucleotides (nt) in length and include the pathogenic species, porcine circovirus 1 and beak and feather disease virus, capable of causing significant morbidity and mortality. this group of viruses may be robust to degradation by external environments, and avian circoviruses are known to move between closely related hosts. using a de novo metagenomic approach, followed by confirmatory pcr, we identify for the first ... | 2016 | 27115421 |
| ventral dermatitis in rowi (apteryx rowi) due to cutaneous larval migrans. | the rowi is a critically endangered species of kiwi. young birds on a crèche island showed loss of feathers from the ventral abdomen and a scurfy dermatitis of the abdominal skin and vent margin. histology of skin biopsies identified cutaneous larval migrans, which was shown by molecular sequencing to be possibly from a species of trichostrongylus as a cause of ventral dermatitis and occasional ulcerative vent dermatitis. the predisposing factors that led to this disease are suspected to be the ... | 2015 | 25830099 |
| prevalence of and risk factors for coccidiosis in kiwi between 1977 and 2011. | to identify risk factors associated with coccidiosis in kiwi (apteryx spp.) using a retrospective analysis of historical data from kiwi examined post-mortem, and to determine the prevalence of coccidial oocysts in the droppings of wild and captive kiwi. | 2014 | 25145793 |
| ventral dermatitis in rowi (apteryx rowi) caused by cutaneous capillariasis. | in 2013 there was an outbreak of crusting ventral dermatitis among a group of juvenile rowi (apteryx rowi), a species of the endangered new zealand kiwi, that were being raised on an off-shore island sanctuary. biopsies taken at the time found nematodes migrating within the epidermis of affected skin but the specific identity and origin of the organisms was not established, and sporadic cases of similar skin disease continue to occur on the island. on examination of additional sections from the ... | 2020 | 33117650 |