Abstract
<i>Salmonella</i>Typhimurium in Hihi, New Zealand
Highlights
To the Editor: The recent finding of a previously unrecorded Salmonella strain in an endangered New Zealand passerine offers the rare opportunity to observe the initial arrival and pathology of an epizootic and to determine its population-level effect
Typhimurium DT195 outbreak occurred within a reintroduced population on Tiritiri Matangi Island
Screening in all hihi populations during 2004 found no evidence of Salmonella infection (32 adults and juveniles at Tiritiri Matangi, 29 at Hauturu, and 27 at Kapiti), and a 15-year pathology database from 230 dead hihi collected across these populations and a captive breeding facility lists no salmonellosis cases
Summary
To the Editor: The recent finding of a previously unrecorded Salmonella strain in an endangered New Zealand passerine (the hihi, Notiomystis cincta; [1]) offers the rare opportunity to observe the initial arrival and pathology of an epizootic and to determine its population-level effect. Hihi are nectar-feeders that declined to near extinction after European colonization of New Zealand and survived on a single island refuge (Hauturu). Typhimurium DT195 outbreak occurred within a reintroduced population on Tiritiri Matangi Island.
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