Satellite-tracking of Northern Pintail Anas acuta during outbreaks of the H5N1 virus in Japan: Implications for virus spread

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-271

  Yamaguchi, Noriyuki ^a   Hupp, Jerry W ^b   Higuchi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Flint, Paul L ^b   Pearce, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Cygnus cygnus; Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza; Migration; Northern Pintail; Whooper Swan

Indexed keywords

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PATHOGENICITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

JAPAN;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CYGNUS; CYGNUS CYGNUS;

EID: 77952320886     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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