Rainfall driven and wild-bird mediated avian influenza virus outbreaks in Australian poultry.

ABSTRACT: Globally, outbreaks of Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) in poultry continue to burden economies and endanger human, livestock and wildlife health. Wild waterbirds are often identified as possible sources for poultry infection. Therefore, it is important to understand the ecological and environmental factors that directly influence infection dynamics in wild birds, as these factors may thereby indirectly affect outbreaks in poultry. In Australia, where large parts of the country experience erratic rainfall patterns, intense rainfalls lead to wild waterfowl breeding events at temporary wetlands and increased proportions of immunologically naïve juvenile birds. It is hypothesized that after breeding, when the temporary wetlands dry, increasing densities of immunologically naïve waterbirds returnin

SUBMITTER: Ferenczi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8439068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature