Mortality in small birds
Greenfinch.
Photo: Marek Szczepanek
In the first part of August an increase in mortality at feeding places has been registred in Hedmark and Østfold regions. The National Veterinary Institute wants to find out the cause of the increased mortality as well as the extent of these outbreaks amongst small birds.
It is not yeat clear what is causing the disease in these birds. Young Greenfinch seem to be most affected. The National Veterinary has received dead birds for examination. The examinations are ungoing, but not yeat completed. A strong suspect is the onecelled parasite Trichomonas gallinae.
This is a short version of a longer article in Norwegian.
Contact at the National Veterinary Institute
Kjell Handeland
Section for Wildlife Health
Telephone: +47 23 21 63 50
