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OMIA:003009-8969 : Pinching-off syndrome in Haliaeetus albicilla (white-tailed eagle)

Categories: Integument (skin) phene

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: yes

Cross-species summary: Feather abnormality of primary wing and tail feathers (remiges and rectrices) preventing flight.

Species-specific symbol: POS

Inheritance: Literák et al. (2025) "support a hypothesis for a genetic cause of POS."

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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:003009-8969: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2025 Literák, I., Krone, O., Baumann, P., Mizera, T., Karyakin, I. :
Additional records of pinching-off syndrome in white-tailed eagles. J Avian Med Surg 39:159-163, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40944893. DOI: 10.1647/AVIANMS-D-24-00053.
2008 Fasungova, L., Literak, I., Sychra, O., Novotny, L., Grymova, V., Kubicek, O., Smid, B., Kulich, P. :
Pinching off syndrome in two White-tailed Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in the Czech Republic. Journal of Raptor Research 42:65-66, 2008.
2007 Müller, K., Altenkamp, R., Brunnberg, L., Fasungová, L., Freymann, H., Frölich, K., Kollmann, R., Krone, O., Literák, I., Mizera, T., Sömmer, P., Schettler, E. :
Pinching off syndrome in free-ranging white-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Europe: frequency and geographic distribution of a generalized feather abnormality. J Avian Med Surg 21:103-9, 2007. Pubmed reference: 18065131. DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2007)21[103:POSIFW]2.0.CO;2.
Müller, K., Schettler, E., Gerlach, H., Brunnberg, L., Hafez, H.M., Hattermann, K., Johne, R., Kollmann, R., Krone, O., Lierz, M., Linke, S., Lueschow, D., Mankertz, A., Müller, H., Prusas, C., Raue, R., Soike, D., Speck, S., Wolf, P., Frölich, K. :
Investigations on the aetiology of pinching off syndrome in four white-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) from Germany. Avian Pathol 36:235-43, 2007. Pubmed reference: 17497338. DOI: 10.1080/03079450701338748.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 15 Sep 2025
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