TABLE 3.
Epidemiological characteristics and results for chlamydia detection by using qPCR in seabird species shedders admitted to the CVFSE from May 2011 to January 2014
| Common species name (n)a | Epidemiological datab |
23S-qPCR resultc | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season of admission | No. positive | Age | Admission cause(s) | ||
| Common scoter (2) | Summer | 1/1 | 1 ad | Moult default | 1 pos/neg (30.4) |
| Fall | 1/1 | 1 ad | Unknown cause | 1 pos/neg (31.8) | |
| Common murre (2) | Summer | 2/9 | 1 ad | Moult default | 2 pos/neg (35.1) |
| European herring gull (11) | Spring | 1/4 | 1 ad | Trauma | 1 pos/neg (33.7) |
| Summer | 7/59 | 6 ad, 1 im | Trauma, unknown cause | 6 pos/neg (34.0) + 1 pos/pos (38.1) | |
| Winter | 3/10 | 3 im | Trauma, unknown cause | 3 pos/pos (38.4) | |
| Lesser black-backed gull (1) | Fall | 1/1 | 1 ad | Botulism suspected | 1 pos/neg (34.7) |
| Yellow-legged gull (1) | Fall | 1/2 | 1 ad | Trauma | 1 pos/neg (37.7) |
| Northern gannet (19) | Summer | 13/21 | 8 ad, 5 im | Oiled, trauma, unknown cause | 13 pos/pos (26.1) |
| Fall | 5/14 | 1 ad, 4 im | Trauma, unknown cause | 5 pos/pos (29.6) | |
| Winter | 1/10 | 1 ad | Unknown cause | 1 pos/pos (36.4) | |
a
n, number of seabird shedders.
b
For the number of positive results, the values are expressed as follows: the number positive/the total number of seasonal admissions. Age is indicated as either “ad” for adult or “im” for immature.
c
The 23S-qPCR results are expressed as follows: 23S-qPCR Chlamydiaceae/incA-qPCR C. psittaci, with the qPCR Chlamydiaceae mean Cq value indicated in parentheses. pos, positive; neg, negative.