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January 1, 1988

[Book review] Avian botulism: an international perspective [Book review] Avian botulism: an international perspective

Review of: Avian botulism: an international perspective. Melvin W. Eklund. 1987. Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd. ISBN: 0398053111.

Authors

M. Friend

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1988

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report April 1988- June 1988 Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report April 1988- June 1988

No abstract available.

Authors

K. A. Converse, J. C. Franson, R. Windingstad

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1988

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report October 1987- December 1987, January 1988- March 1988 Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report October 1987- December 1987, January 1988- March 1988

No abstract available.

Authors

K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad, Karen Roertgen, T. Roffe

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1988

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report July 1987- September 1987 Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report July 1987- September 1987

No abstract available.

Authors

K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad, J. C. Franson, T. Roffe

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1988

Avian morbidity and mortality from botulism, aspergillosis, and salmonellosis at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA Avian morbidity and mortality from botulism, aspergillosis, and salmonellosis at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA

During the summers of 1981 and 1982, studies were conducted at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Long Island, New York, to determine whether annual water-level drawdowns used to create shorebird habitat also led to the occurrence of avian botulism (Clostridium botulinum type C). Low levels of morbidity and mortality from avian botulism occurred on the two ponds throughout both summers, but...

Authors

C. J. Brand, R. M. Windingstad, Lynne M. Siegfried, R. M. Duncan, R.M. Cook

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1988

Key to acanthocephala reported in waterfowl Key to acanthocephala reported in waterfowl

This is the third part of a continuing series on helminths reported in waterfowl (McDonald 1974, 1981). Coots and moorhens (in Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes) are included with the Anatidae of Anseriformes. The goal of these studies i complete coverage of waterfowl helminths of the world, although the original incentive-inadequate knowledge of the parasites of North American waterfowl...

Authors

Malcolm E. McDonald

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1988

Effects of zinc smelter emissions on farms and gardens at Palmerton, Pennsylvania Effects of zinc smelter emissions on farms and gardens at Palmerton, Pennsylvania

No abstract available.

Authors

R. L. Chaney, W. N. Beyer, C.H. Gifford, L. Sileo

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

October 1, 1987

Microbial infections in a declining wild turkey population in Texas Microbial infections in a declining wild turkey population in Texas

A survey was conducted at 5 locations in Texas for avian pathogens that might adversely affect wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) productivity and survival. At 1 site, the Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Refuge (WWR), turkeys have declined precipitously in recent years. During the winters of 1983-85, 442 wild turkeys were caught with cannon and drop nets, 161 of these on WWR. Blood samples...

Authors

Tonie E. Rocke, Thomas M. Yuill

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1987

Disease control operations Disease control operations

Individual disease outbreaks have killed many thousands of animals on numerous occasions. Tens of thousands of migratory birds have died in single die-offs with as many as 1,000 birds succumbing in 1 day. In mammals, individual disease outbreaks have killed hundreds to thousands of animals with, for example, hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer, distemper in raccoon, Errington's...

Authors

Milton Friend, J. Christian Franson

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1987