NOVEL DERMATOPHILOSIS AND CONCURRENT AMYLOIDOSIS IN SANDERLINGS ( CALIDRIS ALBA) FROM LOUISIANA, USA.

We observed Sanderlings (Calidris alba) with facial growths in coastal Louisiana, US during summer of 2016. Severe lesions were associated with lethargy and lack of a flight response. We determined that the skin growth etiology was a bacterium of the genus Dermatophilus, rarely reported infecting birds. Sanderlings also exhibited severe amyloidosis.