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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Dispatch

Aquatic Bird Bornavirus 1 in Wild Geese, Denmark

Anders F. Thomsen1, Jesper B. Nielsen1, Charlotte K. Hjulsager, Mariann Chriél, Dale A. Smith, and Mads F. BertelsenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (A.F. Thomsen, J.B. Nielsen); Copenhagen Zoo, Copenhagen, Denmark (A.F. Thomsen, J.B. Nielsen, M.F. Bertelsen); Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen (C.K. Hjulsager, M. Chriél); University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (D.A. Smith)

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Table

Number and species of wild geese tested for ABBV-1 in 9 locations, Denmark, 2014*

Species No. positive/no. tested (%)
Randbøl Wadden Sea Lolland Skelby Værnengene Mandø Møn Skjern Enge Western coast of Jutland All locations
Greylag goose 0/8 1†/37 (2.7) 1‡/41 (2.4) 0/2 0/3 1§/10 (1) 1¶/28 (3.6) 1#/6 (16.7) 5/135 (3.7)
Pink-footed goose 0/1 0/8 1**/41 (2.4) 0/53 1/103 (1.0)
Barnacle goose 0/3 1††/47 (2.1) 1/50 (0.2)
Taiga bean goose 0/7 0/7
Tundra bean goose 0/7 0/1 0/8
White-fronted goose 0/6 0/1 0/1 0/8 0/16
Canada goose 0/13 0/13
Hybrid






0/1


0/1
All species 0/8 1/37 (2.7) 1/61 (1.6) 0/8 0/11 1/47 (2.1) 1/24 (4.1) 2/70 (2.9) 1/67 (1.5) 7/333 (2.1)

*ABBV-1, aquatic bird bornavirus 1. Dashes indicate none tested.
†GenBank accession no. KR075030.
‡GenBank accession no. KR075031.
§GenBank accession no. KR075033.
¶GenBank accession no. KR075035.
#GenBank accession no. KR075036.
**GenBank accession no. KR075034.
†† GenBank accession no. KR075032.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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