The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) as a reservoir of zoonotic and livestock pathogens

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-298

  Epstein, Jonathan H ^a,e   McKee, Jeffrey ^b   Shaw, Phil ^c   Hicks, Vicki ^d   Micalizzi, Gino ^d   Daszak, Peter ^a   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^a   Kaufman, Gretchen ^e  

^a The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Eco Sure Environmental Consultants   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Newcastle disease; Public health; Salmonella; Wild birds; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLAVIVIRUS; FOWL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LIVESTOCK; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SALMONELLA; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUDOCIMUS; IBIS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SALMONELLA; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 33847212468     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0064-2     Document Type: Article

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