Table 1. Number of dead birds analyzed for Usutu virus infection by real-time RT-PCR (time period June to November 2011).
Order | Common name | Scientific name | Migration pattern* | Housing | USUV RNA positive/tested (% positive) |
Passeriformes | Blackbird | Turdus merula | R, P | Wild | 72/148 (48%) |
Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | R, P, S | Wild | 3/17 (17%) | |
Canary | Serinus canaria domestica | - | Captive | 2/5 (40%) | |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | R | Wild | 1/1 (100%) | |
European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | R, P, M | Wild | 0/10 | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | S | Wild | 0/6 | |
Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | M | Wild | 0/6 | |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | M | Wild | 0/6 | |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | P | Wild | 0/4 | |
Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | R, P | Wild | 0/3 | |
Blue Tit | Parus caeruleus | R | Wild | 0/2 | |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | R, P, S | Wild | 0/1 | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | R, P | Wild | 0/1 | |
Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | L | Wild | 0/1 | |
Galliformes | Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | R | Wild | 0/2 |
Piciformes | Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | R | Wiild | 0/1 |
Strigiformes | Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa | - | Captive | 6/6 (100%) |
Coraciiformes | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | R, P, M | Wild | 2/2 (100%) |
Sphenisciformes | Humboldt Penguin | Spheniscus humboldti | - | Captive | 0/1 |
TOTAL | 86/223 (38%) |
*R = resident, P = partial, S = short distance, M = migratory, L = long distance.