This data set is composed of all animals received as a diagnostic submission to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center for which algal toxin testing was performed from November 1998 to January 2018. Birds with a histologic diagnosis of avian vacuolar myelinopathy, a disease caused by the algal toxin aetokthonotoxin, are also included. Algal toxins tested for include brevetoxin, cylindrospermopsin, domoic acid, microcystin, and saxitoxin. Case-accession number, species, state collected, month and year collected, and detection or non-detection of the algal toxin is reported.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Title | Results of algal toxin testing from wildlife mortality submissions to the National Wildlife Health Center |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9FOYGYB |
| Authors | Robert J Dusek, Julia S Lankton |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | National Wildlife Health Center |