Causes of morbidity and mortality of wild aquatic birds at billabong sanctuary, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Hoque, M A ^a,b   Burgess, G W ^a   Greenhil, A R ^a,c   Hedlefs, R ^a   Skerratt, L F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chittagong Government Veterinary College   (Bangladesh)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Australia; causes of mortality; infectious disease; North Queensland; passive surveillance; public health; wild aquatic birds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; QUEENSLAND; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DENDROCYGNA EYTONI; EUDOCIMUS; PELECANUS CONSPICILLATUS; SALMONELLA; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 84859334389     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9863-072611-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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