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High Mortality of Cape Cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) off Western South Africa in 1991 Caused by Pasteurella multocida
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1992 |
Authors: | Crawford, RJM, Allwright, DM, l, CWHe |
Journal: | Colonial Waterbirds |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 2 |
Date Published: | 1992 |
ISBN Number: | 07386028 |
Keywords: | Africa, Laridae, Larus, Larus dominicanus, Leucocarbo capensis, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax capensis, Phalacrocorax carbo, South Africa, Spheniscidae, Spheniscus, Spheniscus demersus, Threskiornis, Threskiornis aethiopica, Threskiornis aethiopicus, Threskiornithidae |
Abstract: | In October and November 1991, more than 14,500 Cape Cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) in adult plumage died at eight islands off western South Africa. The overall observed mortality was 8% of the breeding population at these islands. At Dassen Island, where the highest mortality occurred, it was 16% of the breeding population. Mortality resulted from avian cholera (Pasteurella multocida), which also killed smaller numbers of African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus), Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus), Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) and probably other waterbirds. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1521458 |
Short Title: | Colonial Waterbirds |
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