Midway Atoll survey of avian malaria prevalence in passerines 2023
Description
Non-native passerines, common canary (Serinus canaria; n=24) and the common myna (Acridotheres tristis; n=19), were captured by US Fish and Wildlife Service Biologists on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, and had a blood sample taken to test for avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) infection. Blood samples were analyzed for the presence of avian malaria DNA using a Realtime PCR (qPCR) assay. No evidence of avian malaria was found in any of the bird samples.
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https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.664e785ad34e702fe8745949.xml |
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P1UDSSAZ |
Tags
- biota
- usgs-664e785ad34e702fe8745949
- sand-island
- avian-malaria
- northwestern-hawaiian-islands
- midway-atoll