As we work with the endangered Puerto Rican Amazon in a Rain Forest were the rats are abundant, I will like to know if based on your experience, unpublished data, necropsy reports, publications, data from other researchers, etc. have evidence of Leptospira as official death cause in birds but my special interest is in psittacines.
Not best evidence, but maybe useful. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospirosis
I am sure you have consulted with Institute of Tropical Forestry and Caribbean Naional Forest. They have an avary on the CNF, they may know. The ITF does a variety of tropical research. I remember something from 1986 that parrot mortality was an issue and that is why they developd the aviary. My work was in hydrology, and I did not see any rats on the CNF or in my travels in vicinity.
Hello William, small world, precisely that is the aviary I am running in El Yunque National Forest (Former CNF). I am checking with IITF as well. I will check the website. Thanks for your response.
Dear Jafet
I am studyng Leptospira for a long time and never read anything about it.
According to many researches, birds cannot develop infection. It would be a very rare event.
Dear Felipe,
thanks for your input, it is very valuable.
Un abrazo,
Jafet
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