• Genetically diverse herpesviruses in South American Atlantic coast seabirds 

      Niemeyer, Claudia; Favero, Cíntia Maria; Shivaprasad, H.L.; Uhart, Marcela M.; Meyer Musso, Cesar; Rago, María Virginia; Silva-Filho, Rodolfo Pinho; Lima Canabarro, Paula; Craig, Marí­a Isabel; Olivera, Valeria Soledad; Pereda, Ariel Julian; Brandao, Paulo Eduardo; Catao Dias, Luiz (2017)
      Different herpesviruses have been associated with respiratory and enteric disease and mortality among seabirds and waterfowl. In 2011, a respiratory disease outbreak affected 58.3% (98/168) of the Magellanic penguins ...
    • Heat‑related massive chick mortality in an Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps colony from Patagonia, Argentina 

      Quintana, Flavio; Uhart, Marcela M.; Gallo, Luciana; Mattera, María Belén; Rimondi, Agustina; Gómez‑Laich, Agustina (Springer, 2022-02)
      Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of heat waves, which on occasion lead to mass mortalities. Here, we report a massive mortality event in Imperial Cormorant Leucocarbo atriceps chicks that took place ...