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Puffinosis is a virus disease of manx shearwaters. Young birds get blisters on their feet, conjunctivitis and problems with movement. The death rate can reach 70% in infected birds. The infection is most common near walls and similar structures where the virus can be transmitted between feet.[1] The disease can also occur in several species of gull and in the northern fulmar.[2]

References

  1. ^ Harris, M P (1965). "Puffinosis among Manx Shearwaters on Skokholm" (PDF). British Birds. 58 (10): 426–434.
  2. ^ Macdonald, J W; McMartin, D A; Walker, K G; Carins, M; Dennis, R H (1967). "Puffinosis in Fulmars in Orkney and Shetland" (PDF). British Birds. 60 (9): 356–360.
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