Deem Sharon L, Rivera-Parra Jose Luis, Parker Patricia G
WildCare Institute, Saint Louis Zoo, One Government Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 2012 Jan;48(1):39-46. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.39.
Galapagos Hawks (Buteo galapagoensis), the only endemic, diurnal raptor species in Galapagos, are currently distributed on eight Galapagos Islands having been extirpated from three of the human-inhabited islands. In January 2009, we performed health assessments of 89 Galapagos Hawks on Santiago Island, Galapagos. Four of the 89 Galapagos Hawks (4%) evaluated had physical abnormalities. Blood parameters did not differ between males and females, except for aspartate transaminase values, which were significantly higher in females than males. No Galapagos Hawks tested positive for antibodies to avian encephalitis virus, Marek virus, and paramyxovirus-1 or to haemosporidian antigen. Chlamydophila psittaci antigen was detected in 2 of 86 Galapagos Hawks (2%), with 24 of 43 Galapagos Hawks (56%) antibody-positive for avian adenovirus-1 and 1 of 48 Galapagos Hawks (2%) antibody positive for Toxoplasma gondii. There were no significant differences in infectious disease results based on sex. This study contributes to the understanding of the health status of the Galapagos Hawk and to the establishment of baseline information for the species.
加拉帕戈斯鹰（Buteo galapagoensis）是加拉帕戈斯群岛唯一的特有昼行性猛禽物种，目前分布在八个加拉帕戈斯岛屿上，已从其中三个有人居住的岛屿上灭绝。2009年1月，我们对加拉帕戈斯群岛圣地亚哥岛上的89只加拉帕戈斯鹰进行了健康评估。在评估的89只加拉帕戈斯鹰中，有4只（4%）存在身体异常。除天冬氨酸转氨酶值外，雄性和雌性的血液参数没有差异，雌性的天冬氨酸转氨酶值显著高于雄性。没有加拉帕戈斯鹰对禽脑炎病毒、马立克氏病毒、副粘病毒-1或血孢子虫抗原的抗体检测呈阳性。在86只加拉帕戈斯鹰中有2只（2%）检测到鹦鹉热衣原体抗原，43只加拉帕戈斯鹰中有24只（56%）对禽腺病毒-1抗体呈阳性，48只加拉帕戈斯鹰中有1只（2%）对弓形虫抗体呈阳性。基于性别的传染病结果没有显著差异。这项研究有助于了解加拉帕戈斯鹰的健康状况，并为该物种建立基线信息。
