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Wildlife Disease Case Definitions

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Case definitions provide a standardized, science-based set of criteria for diagnosing disease and pathogens. This manual provides case definitions for selected diseases of importance to wildlife in Canada and the United States.

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Lead poisoning in Canada geese on Plum Island, Massachusetts (USA)

During December 1983 and early January 1984, about 200 Canada geese (Branta canadensis) died of lead poisoning at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, Massachusetts. In an effort to determine the source of lead, 100 bottom samples were taken from a refuge impoundment where much of the mortality/morbidity occurred. An average of 157,150 pellets/ha was found with a range of 64,582 t
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R. M. Windingstad, L. S. Hinds
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Paint chip poisoning of Laysan albatross at Midway Atoll

Epizootic mortality occurred in Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis) fledgings at Midway Atoll in 1983. Heavy metal toxicity from ingestion of weathered paint chips was one of the causes. Sick albatrosses were unable to retract their wings, causing a 'droop-wing' appearance. Five normal and 12 droop-winged fledglings were captured, killed, and examined. Paint chips found in the proventriculus o
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L. Sileo, S.I. Fefer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Field Guide to Wildlife Diseases: Volume 1. General Field Procedures and Diseases of Migratory Birds

No abstract available.
Authors
M. Friend, C.J. Laitman, R.S. Kampen
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

The Global Importance of Type C Botulism in Wild Birds

No abstract available.
Authors
W. I. Jensen, J.I. Price
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Blood protoporphyrin for detecting lead exposure in canvasbacks

No abstract available.
Authors
J. Christian Franson, G. Michael Haramis, Matthew C. Perry, John F. Moore
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, National Wildlife Health Center

Avian tuberculosis and salmonellosis in a whooping crane (Grus americana)

The whooping crane has been the subject of intensive scientific study and management because it is an endangered species and has high public interest. Programs have been developed to identify critical habitat, to increase production through captive breeding, and in recent years, to use sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) as surrogate parents in establishing new populations of wild whooping cranes. O
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R. K. Stroud, C.O. Thoen, R. M. Duncan
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Mortality of captive whooping cranes caused by eastern equine encephalitis virus

Of 39 captive whooping cranes (Grus americana), 7 died during a 7-week period (Sept 17 through Nov 4, 1984) at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Md. Before their deaths, 4 cranes did not develop clinical signs, whereas the other 3 cranes were lethargic and ataxic, with high aspartate transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and lactic acid dehydrogenase activities, and high uric acid
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F. J. Dein, J. W. Carpenter, G.G. Clark, R.J. Montali, C.L. Crabbs, T.F. Tsai, D. E. Docherty
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Isolation of a poxvirus from a house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus (Muller)

No abstract available.
Authors
D. E. Docherty, Renee I. Romaine-Long
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Prairie restoration at the National Wildlife Health Laboratory (Wisconsin)

The National Wildlife Health Laboratory (NWHL), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Madison are in the process of a 7-ha prairie restoration project on their lands to create a microcosmic representation of presettlement Wisconsin. Visiting scientists, personnel from local schools and universities, and neighboring public will eventually be able to use this land for its educational and esthetic value
Authors
R. M. Windingstad
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

The occurrence of Theromyzon rude (Annelida: Hirudinea) in association with mortality of trumpeter swan cygnets (Cygnus buccinator)

No abstract available.
Authors
Benjamin N. Tuggle
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Obituary and comments: Dr. Wayne I. Jensen

No abstract available.
Authors
M. Friend
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Inclusion body disease of cranes: Comparison of pathologic findings in cranes with acquired vs. experimentally induced disease

Inclusion body disease of cranes was the cause of death in 17 immature and mature cranes of 5 different species in Wisconsin. A herpesvirus of unknown origin was the apparent cause. An isolate of this herpesvirus was used to experimentally infect 3 species of cranes. Macroscopic and microscopic lesions associated with naturally acquired and experimentally induced disease were essentially identical
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J. C. Schuh, L. Sileo, Lynne M. Siegfried, Thomas M. Yuill
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center