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January 1, 1995

Application of brain cholinesterase reactivation to differentiate between organophosphorus and carbamate pesticide exposure in wild birds Application of brain cholinesterase reactivation to differentiate between organophosphorus and carbamate pesticide exposure in wild birds

Brain cholinesterase activity was measured to evaluate pesticide exposure in wild birds. Thermal reactivation of brain cholinesterase was used to differentiate between carbamate and organophosphorus pesticide exposure. Brain cholinesterase activity was compared with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry of stomach contents. Pesticides were identified and confirmed in 86 of 102...

Authors

M. R. Smith, N. J. Thomas, C. Hulse

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Wildlife mortality attributed to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides Wildlife mortality attributed to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides

Organophosphorus (OP) and carbamate pesticides are used widely in agricultural and residential applications as insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides. This family of chemicals replaced the organochlorine pesticides banned for use in the United States in the 1970's. Unlike organochlorine pesticides, which are long-lived in the environment and cause biological damage when...

Authors

Linda C. Glaser

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Causes of eagle deaths Causes of eagle deaths

The U.S. Department of the Interior has investigated the deaths of more than 4,300 bald and golden eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus and Aquila chrysaetos) since the early 1960's as part of an ongoing effort to monitor causes of wildlife mortality. The availability of dead eagles for study depends on finding carcasses in fair to good condition and transporting them to the laboratory. Such

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J. Christian Franson, Lou Sileo, Nancy J. Thomas

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Necropsy results and concentrations of mercury, lead, arsenic, and selenium in emaciated loons from the coast of North Carolina in 1993 Necropsy results and concentrations of mercury, lead, arsenic, and selenium in emaciated loons from the coast of North Carolina in 1993

No abstract available.

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J. C. Franson, T.P. Augspurger, K. A. Converse, P.R. Spitzer, E.A. Miller

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

First record of an hypopus (Acari: Hypoderatidae) from a jaeger (Aves: Charadriiformes: Stercorariidae) First record of an hypopus (Acari: Hypoderatidae) from a jaeger (Aves: Charadriiformes: Stercorariidae)

Thalassornectes (Alcidectes) aukletae, originally described from two species of auklets (Charadriiformes: Alcidae) from maritime eastern Russia, is reported from a third species of pelagic charadriiform (Stercorariidae), the pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius poinarinus (Temminck), from Florida. The specimens from the jaeger are slightly smaller, the genital apodeme is more heavily...

Authors

Danny B. Pence, Rebecca A. Cole

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.

Authors

G. Kidd

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.

Authors

G. Kidd

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Wildlife Wildlife

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F. J. Dein, Glenn H. Olsen

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Studying snow geese and avian cholera Studying snow geese and avian cholera

No abstract available.

Authors

G. Mensik, M.D. Samuel

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

A primer on common avian diseases A primer on common avian diseases

No abstract available.

Authors

R. M. Windingstad, Cynthia J. Laitman

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Waterfowl diseases: Causes, prevention, and control Waterfowl diseases: Causes, prevention, and control

Preventing and controlling disease in waterfowl is a difficult job. Few tools are available to deal with disease in highly mobile, unconfined animal populations, and few managers are trained and experienced in the prevention and control of avian diseases. Furthermore, the geographic distribution, frequency of occurrence, magnitude of losses, and causes of diseases in waterfowl, as in...

Authors

Milton Friend, D.H. Cross

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

January 1, 1995

Probable epizootic chlamydiosis in wild California (Larus californicus) and ring-billed (Larus delawarensis) gulls in North Dakota Probable epizootic chlamydiosis in wild California (Larus californicus) and ring-billed (Larus delawarensis) gulls in North Dakota

During the summer of 1986, more than 400 California gulls (Larus californicus) and ring-billed gulls (Larvus delawarensis), primarily fledglings, died on an island in Lake Sakakawea near New Town, North Dakota (USA). Mortality was attributed largely to chlamydiosis. Necropsy findings in nine carcasses included splenomegaly (n = 9), hepatomegaly (n = 4), and pericarditis (n = 1). Livers...

Authors

J. C. Franson, J.E. Pearson

Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center