SEROLOGICAL SURVEY FOR AVIAN PARAMYXOVIRUSES FROM WILDFOWL IN AQUATICHABITATS IN ANDALUSIA

A serological survey for a range of avian paramyxoviruses (PMV) was ca rried out among wildfowl from southern Spain, 1990 to 1992, using the hemagglutination inhibition technique. We collected 579 sera from 24 a vian families (18 aquatic and six non-aquatic). Antibodies were detect ed to all paramyxoviruses in waterfowl, with a notable prevalence of a ntibodies to PMV-8 (43%) and to a lesser extent PMV-6 (21%). By contra st, in non-aquatic species high antibody prevalences were detected onl y to PMV-2 (60%), particularly in sparrows (68%), while antibody preva lences to other PMV's were moderate or low.