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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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Fusarium spp. recovered from waste peanuts associated with sandhill crane mortality

Approximately 5000 sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis ) died from undetermined causes in Gains County, Texas, 1985, and an additional 200 died in 1986. Prominent clinical signs were the inability of many sick cranes to hold their necks horizontal and the neck, head, and legs sometimes drooped perpendicularly during flight. Approximately 95% of the dead cranes' gizzards contained peanuts. Culturing o
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P.E. Nelson, R.J. Cole, T.A. Tousson, J.W. Dorner, R. M. Windingstad
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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K. A. Converse, C. Quist, R. Windingstad, L. Glaser
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Immune response of mallard ducks treated with immunosuppressive agents: Antibody response to erythrocytes and in vivo response to phytohemagglutinin-P

The ability of two in vivo tests to assay immune competence of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) treated with various immunomodulatory agents was examined. Skin responses to phytohemagglutinin-P (PHA-P) injected intradermally and serum antibody levels produced in response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) were measured. As measured by the skin response to PHA-P, ducks injected intramuscularly with
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C.S. Schrank, M.E. Cook, W. R. Hansen
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Botulism in waterfowl

No abstract available.
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Constance Roderick
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Avian cholera: a major new cause of waterfowl mortality

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

Lead poisoning: The invisible disease

Lead poisoning is an intoxication resulting from absorption of hazardous levels of lead into body tissues. Lead pellets from shot shells, when ingested, are the most common source of lead poisoning in migratory birds. Other far less common sources include lead fishing sinkers, mine wastes, paint pigments, bullets, and other lead objects that are swallowed.
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Milton Friend
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Suspected fusariomycotoxicosis in sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis): clinical and pathological findings.

In 1985 and 1986, large-scale natural die-offs of sandhill cranes in Texas were attributed to fusariomycotoxicosis. These birds demonstrated a progressive loss of motor control to the neck, wings, and legs. Based on necropsy and/or histopathology of 31 cranes, the most common lesions involved skeletal muscle and included hemorrhages, granulomatous myositis, thrombosis, and vascular degeneration. S
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Thomas J. Roffe, Richard K. Stroud, Ronald M. Windingstad
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Isolation of Mycobacterium avium from waterfowl with polycystic livers

An unusual gross appearance of avian tuberculosis, where fluid-filled thin-walled cysts are produced and grossly apparent in preference to granulomas, is presented. Histopathology confirmed the granulomatous nature of the lesions and the presence of intracellular acid-fast organisms. Mycobacterium avium complex was cultured from affected organs. The unusual gross presentation in these cases indica
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Thomas J. Roffe
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

New species of Apoloniinae (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the Laysan albatross taken in the Midway Islands and key to the species of Apoloniinae of the world

Womersia midwayensis Goff, Sievert and Sileo is described as a new species from specimens taken off a Laysan albatross chick, Diomedea immutabilis (L.), collected on Sand Island, Midway Islands. A key to the genera and species of larval Apoloniinae of the world is given.
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M.L. Goff, P.R. Sievert, L. Sileo
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad, K. Roertgen, T. Roffe
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
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K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad, K. Roertgen, T. Roffe
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center