Are wetlands the reservoir for avian cholera?

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-382

  Samuel, Michael D ^a   Shadduck, Daniel J ^a   Goldberg, Diana R ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian cholera; Disease reservoir; Pasteurella multocida; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 5044244055     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.377     Document Type: Article

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