Establishing a food-chain link between aquatic plant material and avian vacuolar myelinopathy in Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Birrenkott, Anna H ^a   Wilde, Susan B ^b   Hains, John J ^a,c   Fischer, John R ^d   Murphy, Thomas M ^b   Hope, Charlotte P ^b   Parnell, Pamela G ^a   Bowerman, William W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian vacuolar myelinopathy; Bald eagle; Brain lesion; Cyanobacteria; Hydrilla; Mallard

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; CYANOBACTERIA; FONTINALIS; FULICA; FULICA AMERICANA; GALLIFORMES; HALIAEETUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; HAPALOSIPHON; HAPALOSIPHON FONTINALIS; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; PHASIANIDAE; PSEUDANABAENA; PSEUDANABAENA CATENATA; RALLIDAE;

EID: 5044244323     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.485     Document Type: Article

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