A novel gyrovirus is abundant in yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) chicks with a fatal respiratory disease

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A novel gyrovirus is abundant in yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) chicks with a fatal respiratory disease

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Yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), or hoiho in te reo Māori, are predicted to become extinct on mainland Aotearoa New Zealand in the next few decades, with infectious disease a significant contributor to their decline. A recent disease phenomenon termed respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) causing lung pathology has been identified in very young chicks. To date, no causative pathogens for RDS have been identified. In 2020 and 2021, the number of chick deaths from suspected RDS increa...

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2023-02

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Wierenga, Janelle R. / Morgan, Kerri J. / Hunter, Stuart / Taylor, Harry S. / Argilla, Lisa S. / Webster, Trudi / Dubrulle, Jeremy / Jorge, Fátima / Bostina, Mihnea / Burga, Laura / Holmes, Edward C. / McInnes, Kate / Geoghegan, Jemma L.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/22601

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Avian disease / Conservation / Disease investigation / Gyrovirus / Hoiho / Virome / Virus / Yellow-eyed penguin

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