Overview
Background
Mycoplasmosis is a disease of birds caused by infection of Mycoplasma bacteria. There are multiple species of Mycoplasma capable of causing disease in domestic and wild birds, however, Mycoplasma gallisepticum poses the greatest risk to the health of wild birds.
WHAT THE CWHC IS DOING
The CWHC conducts scanning surveillance for mycoplasmosis across Canada through post mortem examinations of species affected by the disease exhibiting symptoms suggesting presence of the disease. Such surveillance is important to identifying incidents in order to inform practioners and managers so that the appropriate strategies may be employed to limit or prevent further transmission of the disease.
Resources
Avian Mycoplasmosis Fact Sheet
Suggested Reading
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Disease Manual Chapter
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology House Finch Eye Disease Article
Project Feeder Watch House Finch Eye Disease Article
Map
MYCOPLASMOSIS CASES IN BIRD FEEDERS
Suspect
Confirmed by testing
Coordinates are rounded to two decimal degrees for privacy reasons. This gives an accuracy of 1.1km
DISCLAIMER
This map represents the approximate locations of incidents of sick and dead birds on reports submitted to the CWHC by the public. These incidents are represented on the map as either suspect (blue markers), or confirmed (red markers) cases as defined below.
Suspect : Appropriate species based on past outbreaks (i.e. purple finch, house finch, American goldfinch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak) with good quality pictures with clinical presentation highly suggestive of mycoplasmosis (bilateral conjunctivitis).
Confirmed by testing : These cases have been tested at a CWHC Regional Centre and confirmed to have Mycoplasmosis.
