A review of the factors causing paralysis in wild birds: Implications for the paralytic syndrome observed in the Baltic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-39

  Sonne, Christian ^a   Alstrup, Aage Kristian Olsen ^b   Therkildsen, Ole Roland ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Botulism; Contaminants; Deficiency; Infectious diseases; Paralysis; Paralytic syndrome

Indexed keywords

BOTULISM; DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PARALYTIC SYNDROME;

IMPURITIES; POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BOTULINUM TOXIN E; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

BIRD; ETIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLLUTANT;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL DISEASE; AVIAN VACUOLAR MYELINOPATHY; BALTIC SEA; BIRD; BOTULISM; BRAIN DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; LEAD POISONING; MAREK DISEASE; MERCURIALISM; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SHELLFISH POISONING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BALTIC STATES; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARALYSIS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

AVES;

EID: 84856218721     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.023     Document Type: Review

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