Avian botulism: A case study in translocated endangered laysan ducks (anas laysanensis) on midway atoll

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 499-506

  Work, Thierry M ^a   Klavitter, John L ^b   Reynolds, Michelle H ^a   Blehert, David ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas laysanensis; Botulism; Clostridium botulinum; Endemic island waterfowl; Laysan teal; Waterfowl disease

Indexed keywords

ANAS LAYSANENSIS; ANATIDAE; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BOTULISM; DUCK; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BOTULISM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HAWAII; MALE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77952333964     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.499     Document Type: Article

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