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Preliminary evaluation of a simple in vitro test for the diagnosis of type C botulism in wild birds Preliminary evaluation of a simple in vitro test for the diagnosis of type C botulism in wild birds

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the detection of type C botulinum toxin (Clostridium botulinum) in wild birds. This simple, antigen-capture ELISA utilizes polystyrene immunosticks as the solid substrate, chicken antitoxin (IgY) as the coating antibody, rabbit antitoxin as the primary antibody, and peroxidase-labeled goat-anti-rabbit as the secondary...
Authors
Tonie E. Rocke, Susan Smith, Sean Nashold
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

[Book review] Diseases of Wild Waterfowl, by Gary A. Wobeser [Book review] Diseases of Wild Waterfowl, by Gary A. Wobeser

No abstract available.
Authors
Louis N. Locke
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Retrospective study of the diagnostic criteria in a lead-poisoning survey of waterfowl Retrospective study of the diagnostic criteria in a lead-poisoning survey of waterfowl

Between 1983 and 1986 the National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) conducted a nationwide study of lead poisoning of waterfowl from federal and state refuges. This survey was done to assist in identifying zones with lead-poisoning problems. One thousand forty one moribund or dead waterfowl were collected and examined. The presence or absence of 13 gross lesions selected as indicators of...
Authors
W. Nelson Beyer, J. Christian Franson, Lou N. Locke, R. K. Stroud, L. Sileo
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center, National Wildlife Health Center

Leucocytozoon simondi in Emperor Geese from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska Leucocytozoon simondi in Emperor Geese from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska

We surveyed Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) in western Alaska for avian hematozoa. Blood smears were collected from 134 adults and goslings in late July 1996, on their breeding grounds on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. One of 134 (0.7%) Emperor Geese harbored Leucocytozoon simondi, representing a new host record for this parasite. No other hematozoa were detected. This is one of few reports of...
Authors
Tuula E. Hollmen, J. Christian Franson, Lynn H. Creekmore, Joel A. Schmutz, Ada C. Fowler
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Alaska Science Center, National Wildlife Health Center

Biology and management of Canada geese Biology and management of Canada geese

No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. Rusch, M.D. Samuel, D.D. Humburg, B.D. Sullivan
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Evaluation of two oral baiting systems for wild rodents Evaluation of two oral baiting systems for wild rodents

Tetracycline hydrochloride (TC)-treated peanut butter or rodent chow baits were distributed during March 1990, on separate 0.53 ha sites in Oglethorpe County, Georgia (USA). Rodents were trapped on a control site prior to bait distribution and on two baited sites 6 days post-distribution. Cleaned skulls from euthanized mammals were grossly examined for TC florescence using an ultraviolet...
Authors
Terry E. Creekmore, William Fletcher, David E. Stallknecht
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Health assessment of white-tailed deer of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Ohio, March 3-4, 1998. Health assessment of white-tailed deer of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Ohio, March 3-4, 1998.

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

Report to the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture by the Working Group on Avian Botulism Report to the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture by the Working Group on Avian Botulism

No abstract available.
Authors
G.T. Ball, T. Bollinger, M. Conly, J. Kalec, P. Kehoe, B. Macfarlane, H. Murkin, T. Murphy, M. Pybus, T. Rocke, M.D. Samuel, D. Sharp, G. Wobeser
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Lead poisoning and trace elements in common eiders Somateria mollissima from Finland Lead poisoning and trace elements in common eiders Somateria mollissima from Finland

We collected carcasses of 52 common eider Somateria mollissima adults and ducklings and blood samples from 11 nesting eider hens in the Gulf of Finland near Helsinki in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Samples of liver tissue were analysed for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, selenium and zinc. Blood was analysed for lead, mercury and...
Authors
Tuula E. Hollmén, J. C. Franson, R.H. Poppenga, Martti Hario, Mikael Kilpi
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

An epizootic of common loons in coastal waters of North Carolina: Concentrations of elemental contaminants and results of necropsies An epizootic of common loons in coastal waters of North Carolina: Concentrations of elemental contaminants and results of necropsies

A 1993 die-off of common loons (Gavia immer) in the coastal waters of North Carolina was investigated with emphasis on comparing mercury, selenium, arsenic, and lead between birds from the epizootic and reference specimens. Die-off specimens were emaciated but contained no ingested foreign bodies and no lesions suggestive of infectious disease. Results of bacteriology, virology...
Authors
Tom Augspurger, J. Christian Franson, Kathryn A. Converse, P. Spitzer, E.A. Miller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Butyltin residues in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) found dead along California coastal waters Butyltin residues in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) found dead along California coastal waters

Tributyltin (TBT) and its degradation products, mono- (MBT) and dibutyltin (DBT), were determined in liver, kidney, and brain tissues of adult southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) found dead along the coast of California during 1992a??1996. Hepatic concentrations of butyltin compounds (BTs = MBT + DBT + TBT) ranged from 40 to 9200 ng/g wet wt, which varied depending on the...
Authors
K. Kannan, K.S. Guruge, N. J. Thomas, S. Tanabe, J. P. Giesy
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Epizootic vacuolar myelinopathy of the central nervous system of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and American coots (Fulica americana) Epizootic vacuolar myelinopathy of the central nervous system of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and American coots (Fulica americana)

Unprecedented mortality occurred in bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at DeGray Lake, Arkansas, during the winters of 1994-1995 and 1996-1997. The first eagles were found dead during November, soon after arrival from fall migration, and deaths continued into January during both episodes. In total, 29 eagles died at or near DeGray Lake in the winter of 1994-1995 and 26 died in the...
Authors
N. J. Thomas, C.U. Meteyer, L. Sileo
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center
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