Fowler M E, Schulz T, Ardans A, Reynolds B, Behymer D
Department of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
Avian Dis. 1990 Jul-Sep;34(3):657-62.
Chlamydia psittaci was isolated from four red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) that died suddenly and from seven birds that survived at a raptor rehabilitation center in California in 1983. One hundred captive raptors representing 14 species in five families were subsequently tested serologically and by direct cloacal culture. C. psittaci was isolated from seven clinically normal birds. Forty-four percent of the raptors were considered positive using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and 19% were suspects. The ELISA was repeated on 54 raptors in 1986. Forty-one percent of the birds were considered positive, and 35% were suspect, indicating that C. psittaci is endemic in the population.
1983年，从加利福尼亚州一家猛禽康复中心突然死亡的4只红尾鹰（赤肩鵟）以及7只存活下来的鸟中分离出鹦鹉热衣原体。随后，对代表5个科14个物种的100只圈养猛禽进行了血清学检测和泄殖腔直接培养。从7只临床正常的鸟中分离出了鹦鹉热衣原体。使用酶联免疫吸附测定（ELISA），44%的猛禽被认为呈阳性，19%为疑似阳性。1986年对54只猛禽再次进行ELISA检测。41%的鸟被认为呈阳性，35%为疑似阳性，这表明鹦鹉热衣原体在该种群中呈地方性流行。
