Attempts to indentify the source of avian vacuolar myelinopathy for waterbirds

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-170

  Rocke, Tonie E ^a   Thomas, Nancy J ^a   Meteyer, Carol U ^a   Quist, Charlotte F ^b   Fischer, John R ^c   Augspurger, Tom ^d   Ward, Sara E ^d  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Associates Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Ecological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

American coot; Avian vacuolar feeding trials; Fulcia Americana; Hydrilla verticillata; Myelinopathy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FULICA AMERICANA; GALLIFORMES; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; INVERTEBRATA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; PLATYRHYNCHOS; RALLIDAE; VERTICILLATA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL VACUOLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VACUOLES;

EID: 18444399646     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.1.163     Document Type: Article

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