Avian cholera mortality in lesser snow geese nesting on Banks Island, Northwest Territories

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 780-787

  Samuel, Michael D ^a,d,e   Takekawa, John Y ^b,e,f,g   Samelius, Gustaf ^c,h   Goldberg, Diana R ^a,i,j  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ National Wildlife Health Center   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Avian cholera; Banks Island; Chen caerulescens; Lesser snow geese; Mortality; Pasteurella multocida

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CHOLERA; MORTALITY; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

EID: 0033406695     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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