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Wildlife Disease Case Definitions

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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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Mortality from duck plague virus in immunosuppressed adult mallard ducks Mortality from duck plague virus in immunosuppressed adult mallard ducks

Environmental contaminants contain chemicals that, if ingested, could affect the immunological status of wild birds, and in particular, their resistance to infectious disease. Immunosuppression caused by environmental contaminants, could have a major impact on waterfowl populations, resulting in increased susceptibility to contagious disease agents. Duck plague virus has caused repeated...
Authors
Diana R. Goldberg, Thomas M. Yuill, E.C. Burgess
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

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

Disease control: Rx for ailing waterfowl Disease control: Rx for ailing waterfowl

No abstract available.
Authors
K.E. Roertgen, R. M. Windingstad
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Lead hazards within the range of the California condor Lead hazards within the range of the California condor

The prevalence of lead in Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) occurring within the recent historical range of the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) was determined by analyzing blood samples from 162 Golden Eagles captured between June 1985 and December 1986 at three sites. We found no significant differences between sex and age classes in blood lead levels nor were there...
Authors
O. H. Pattee, P.H. Bloom, J. M. Scott, M. R. Smith
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

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

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

No abstract available.
Authors
K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad
By
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 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...
Authors
C.S. Schrank, M.E. Cook, W. R. Hansen
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Causes of mortality of albatross chicks at Midway Atoll Causes of mortality of albatross chicks at Midway Atoll

As part of an investigation of the effect of plastic ingestion on seabirds in Hawaii, we necropsied the carcasses of 137 Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis) chicks from Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean during the summer of 1987. Selected tissues were collected for microbiological, parasitological, toxicological or histopathological examinations. Dehydration was the most common cause...
Authors
L. Sileo, P.R. Sievert, M.D. Samuel
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report

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

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

Wildlife software: procedures for publication of computer software Wildlife software: procedures for publication of computer software

Computers and computer software have become an integral part of the practice of wildlife science. Computers now play an important role in teaching, research, and management applications. Because of the specialized nature of wildlife problems, specific computer software is usually required to address a given problem (e.g., home range analysis). This type of software is not usually...
Authors
M.D. Samuel
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Botulism in waterfowl Botulism in waterfowl

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