Jessica L. Schulz Robert C. Dobbs Jeffrey M. Lorch J. Hardin Waddle Daniel A. Grear Valerie I. Shearn-Bochsler 2018 <p>We observed Sanderlings (<i>Calidris alba</i>) 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 <i>Dermatophilus</i>, rarely reported infecting birds. Sanderlings also exhibited severe amyloidosis.</p> application/pdf 10.7589/2017-04-078 en Wildlife Disease Association Novel dermatophilosis and concurrent amyloidosis in Sanderlings (Calidris alba) from Louisiana, USA article