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. 2018 Jan 22;15(1):171. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010171

Table 6.

WNV and USUV positive neutralization assay results (positives highlighted in bold) from wild bird serum samples in 2016.

Order Common Name Scientific Name Migration Pattern No. Samples Tested WNV Pos. (ND50) USUV Pos. (ND50)
Passeriformes Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula R, P 53 1 (10), 1 *, 2 # 1 (10), 1 (30), 1 *
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica R 9 0 1 (10)
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix R, P 10 1 (20) 0
Carrion Crow Corvus corone R, P 28 1 (30), 1 * 0
Accipitriformes Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus zoo bird 2 0 2 (10)
Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus zoo bird 1 1(15) 1 (30)
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo R, P, S 76 1 (15) 1 (20), 1 (30)
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus zoo bird 1 0 1 (10)
Red Kite Milvus milvus (R), S 9 1 (10) 0
Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppelli zoo bird 2 0 1 (10)
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus L 1 1 (15) 0
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis zoo bird 2 0 1 (30)
Falconiformes Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo L 3 1 (80) 0
Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides zoo bird 1 0 1 (20)
European Kestrel Falco tinnunculus R, P, S 44 1 (10), 2 (15) 0
Strigiformes Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus L 2 0 1 (20)
Eurasian Tawny Owl Strix aluco R 14 0 1 (80)
Northern Long-eared Owl Asio otus R, P, S 19 0 1 (40)
Columbiformes Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus R, P, S 75 1 (15), 2 (20), 1 (15) 1 (10), 1(30)
City Pigeon Columba livia f. domestica R, (P) 34 1 (10) 0
Gruiformes Eurasian Coot Fulica atra P, S 1 1 (30) 0
Apodiformes Common Swift Apus apus L 12 1 (20) 1 (40)
Ciconiiformes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea R, P, S 12 0 1 (15)
White Stork Ciconia ciconia L 6 1 (240) 1 (20)
Charadriiformes Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus R, P, S 2 0 1 (10)
Suliformes Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo R, S 2 0 1 (10)
Total 756 16 21

* Not done because insufficient serum volume for both tests # Not analyzable because sample is cytotoxic or there were coverings on the cells. R = resident species, P = partial migrant, S = short distance migrant, L = long distance migrant.