The dynamics of avian influenza in Lesser Snow Geese: Implications for annual and migratory infection patterns

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1851-1859

  Samuel, Michael D ^a   Hall, Jeffrey S ^b   Brown, Justin D ^c,e   Goldberg, Diana R ^b   Ip, Hon ^b   Baranyuk, Vasily V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d SIBERIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e Animal Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody persistence; Avian influenza virus; Chen caerulescens; Infection rate; Lesser Snow Geese; Migration; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; INFECTIVITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GOOSE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; TIME; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEESE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84943640411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1820.1     Document Type: Article

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