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Australian White Ibis Salmonella and Flavivirus survey

This is a data set on the prescence of Salmonella and the exposure of flavivirus in the Australian White Ibis. The data is presented in an excel file that lists, band numbers, sample dates, age, sex, bill lengths, presence of Salmonella in gut samples, and evidence of exposure to flavivirus for 72 birds sampled in the years 2002, 2003 and 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Detailed results listed in our open accessible manuscript published in the Journal of Urban Ecology in 2019. <em> https://academic.oup.com/jue/article/5/1/juz006/5506280</em>.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2015-07-14
Date (Publication)
2019-04-07
Date (Revision)
2014-07-14
Edition
1

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.25901/5ca9e7e65a8b9
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Author

University of Wollongong - Maute, Kimberly ()
Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Purpose
Urban waterbirds are considered both serious pests and inspiring wildlife. Ibis and gulls are often vilified due to their dirty appearance and disruption of outdoor activities, while ducks are affectionately fed in parks. However, all waterbirds are potential reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens. In Sydney (Australia), we documented the relative prevalence of arbovirus exposure and Salmonella shedding in 72 Australian White Ibis (<i>Threskiornis moluccus</i>) at two urban sites in 2003 during a management cull and in 2015 as a response to increased public interest. We sampled during a period of peak human arbovirus and Salmonella infection risk in late summer and early autumn. In 2015, antibodies for the endemic West Nile virus Kunjin strain (WNVKUN) were detected in one bird. While not indicative of immediate public health risk, this highlights that an animal with a history of exposure was present or moved into a region not previously known to have endemic WNVKUN activity. However, the movement patterns of this individual and WNVKUN host competency of this species are unknown. An absence of other antibody responses suggests that ibis are not important viral reservoirs or flaviviruses are not widespread in Sydney. Assays failed to detect Salmonella in 2015, but 25% of individuals were positive in 2003. Further monitoring of the arguable health hazard represented by urban <i>T. moluccus</i> will facilitate informed decisions and solutions to urban bird and wetland management challenges.
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

University of Wollongong - Maute, Kimberly ()
Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Northfields Ave
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota

Extent

Description
Sydney CBD and Sydney Olympic Park, Australia
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Temporal extent

Time period
2002-09-11 2015-07-14
Title
Clean bill of health? Towards an understanding of health risks posed by urban ibis
Website
Clean bill of health? Towards an understanding of health risks posed by urban ibis

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • FAUNA
  • BIRDS
  • URBAN LANDS
  • VIRUSES
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Zoology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Health and ecological risk assessment
  • Environmental assessment and monitoring
  • Animal protection (incl. pests and pathogens)
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • age
  • sex
  • bird bill length
  • Millimetre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • irregular
Australian Faunal Directory
  • Threskiornis_moluccus
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Control Of Pests, Diseases And Exotic Species (9604)
  • Flora, Fauna And Biodiversity (9608)

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
File name
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File description
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File type
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Linkage
https://w3id.org/tern/static/cc-by/88x31.png

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
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Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.
Other constraints
(C)2019 University of Wollongong. Rights owned by University of Wollongong.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097
OnLine resource
IBIS_banding

Resource lineage

Statement
Detailed methods provided in open access article associated with the data. <em> https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juz006</em>
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:3577

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/43e926cd-8fcb-4840-a04f-22d2d1ad3f45

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/43e926cd-8fcb-4840-a04f-22d2d1ad3f45

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2022-11-07T00:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2023-01-16T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Animal protection (incl. pests and pathogens) Environmental assessment and monitoring Health and ecological risk assessment Infectious diseases Zoology
GCMD Science Keywords
BIRDS FAUNA URBAN LANDS VIRUSES

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