Wetland environmental conditions associated with the risk of avian cholera outbreaks and the abundance of Pasteurella multocida

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-60

  Blanchong, Julie A ^a   Samuel, Michael D ^a,b   Goldberg, Diana R ^b   Shadduck, Daniel J ^b   Creekmore, Lynn H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian cholera; Environmental conditions; Epizootiology; Pasteurella multocida; Waterfowl; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; CHOLERA; DISEASE CONTROL; MORTALITY; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANATIDAE; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 33646478581     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[54:WECAWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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