West Nile virus and greater sage-grouse: Estimating infection rate in a wild bird population

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-696

  Walker, Brett L ^a   Naugle, David E ^a   Doherty, Kevin E ^a   Cornish, Todd E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Coal bed natural gas; Energy development; Flavivirus; Greater sage grouse; Infection rate; Sagebrush steppe; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34748856278     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)51[691:WNVAGS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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