Avian influenza shedding patterns in waterfowl: Implications for surveillance, environmentaltransmission, and disease spread

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 566-578

  Hénaux, Viviane ^a   Samuel, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Ducks; Environment; Geese; Highly pathogenic avian influenzavirus; Low pathogenic avian influenza virus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 79960246220     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.566     Document Type: Article

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