Nasal Mite Infection in Waterfowl:

Summary Information
Diseases / List of Parasitic Diseases / Disease summary
Alternative Names	Rhinonyssus Infection
Disease Agents	Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum (J1.11.w5, J1.21.w4), Rhinonyssus spp. nasal mites (B15)
	Infectious Agent(s)	Rhinonyssus spp. Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum
	Non-infectious Agent(s)	--
	Physical Agent(s)	-- Indirect / Secondary
General Description	Nasal mites Rhinonyssus spp. "appear to be potentially pathogenic" (B15).
Further Information	--
Techniques linked to this disease	Physical Examination - General Necropsy - General Treatment and Care - General Preventative Medicine for Birds - General Chapter 2 - B36 Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases - Specimen Collection and Preservation Chapter 3 - B36 Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases - Specimen shipment Appendix A - B36 Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases - Sample specimen history form
Host taxa groups /species	Waterfowl
	Disease / Agent has been reported in either the wild or in captivity in the following WATERFOWL Species:	Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum recorded in black-bellied whistling ducks Dendrocygna autumnalis in Texas, USA (J1.11.w5). Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum recorded in wood ducks Aix sponsa in the Atlantic flyway, USA (J1.21.w4).
		Aix sponsa - Wood duck Dendrocygna autumnalis - Black-bellied whistling-duck
	Disease / Agent has been reported in free-ranging populations of the following WATERFOWL Species:	Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum recorded in black-bellied whistling ducks Dendrocygna autumnalis in Texas, USA (J1.11.w5). Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum recorded in wood ducks Aix sponsa in the Atlantic flyway, USA (J1.21.w4).
		Aix sponsa - Wood duck Dendrocygna autumnalis - Black-bellied whistling-duck

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