Infectious diseases bear a great risk for populations of naïve host species. In the present article we inform about the first microscopic and molecular detection of the bird pathogen Trichomonas gallinae in the White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis subsp. nivalis). The emergence of trichomonosis in this highly specialised alpine bird species may pose a serious threat to its already declining population. Interspecies transmission of T. gallinae most likely occurred at a bird feeder in a Swiss mountain village. Monitoring of the disease and immediate measures to prevent its spread are urgently needed.
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Dirren, S., Borel, S., Wolfrum, N., & Korner-Nievergelt, F. (2022). Trichomonas gallinae infections in the naïve host Montifringilla nivalis subsp. nivalis. Journal of Ornithology, 163(1), 333–337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-021-01938-1
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