Identification of primary substrate in the initiation of avian botulism outbreaks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Soos, Catherine ^a,b   Wobeser, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Avian botulism; Carcass density; Clostridium botulinum type C; Franklin's gulls; Larus pipixcan; Line transect method; Maggots; Mortality; Outbreak; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; JUVENILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; TOXIN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; EYEBROW LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANATIDAE; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; LARUS PIPIXCAN;

EID: 33646490592     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[43:IOPSIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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