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Joining forces to improve our world Joining forces to improve our world

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W.B. Karesh, S.A. Osofsky, Tonie E. Rocke, P.L. Barrows

West Nile virus in livestock and wildlife West Nile virus in livestock and wildlife

West Nile (WN) virus, the causative agent of West Nile fever, a dengue-like infection in humans, is one of the most widely distributed arthropod-borne viruses extending, until recently, from Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and western Asia. WN virus is a natural avian virus transmitted between birds primarily by ornithophilic mosquitoes, although isolations have been reported from...
Authors
R. G. McLean, S. R. Ubico, D. Bourne, N. Komar

Blood selenium concentrations and enzyme activities related to glutathione metabolism in wild emperor geese Blood selenium concentrations and enzyme activities related to glutathione metabolism in wild emperor geese

In 1998, we collected blood samples from 63 emperor geese (Chen canagica) on their breeding grounds on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) in western Alaska, USA. We studied the relationship between selenium concentrations in whole blood and the activities of glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase in plasma. Experimental studies have shown that plasma activities of these enzymes...
Authors
J. Christian Franson, David J. Hoffman, Joel A. Schmutz

Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota

Infectious diseases can cause rapid population declines or species extinctions. Many pathogens of terrestrial and marine taxa are sensitive to temperature, rainfall, and humidity, creating synergisms that could affect biodiversity. Climate warming can increase pathogen development and survival rates, disease transmission, and host susceptibility. Although most host-parasite systems are...
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C. D. Harvell, C. E. Mitchell, J. R. Ward, S. Altizer, A. P. Dobson, R. S. Ostfeld, Michael D. Samuel

French Frigate Shoals reef health survey French Frigate Shoals reef health survey

French Frigate Shoals (FFS) is one of the refugia comprising the Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWHINWR). French Frigate Shoals was discovered by La Perouse in the late 18th century; however, the atoll was most notable as a naval air station during World War II when the US Navy dredged Tern Island into an airstrip, and the US Coast guard established a LORAN station...
Authors
Thierry M. Work, Steve L. Coles, Robert Rameyer

National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Mortality Report National Wildlife Health Center's Quarterly Mortality Report

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Authors
K. A. Converse, R. Sohn, Kimberli J.G. Miller, A. Schrader, K. McLaughlin

Epizootiologic studies of avian vacuolar myelinopathy in waterbirds Epizootiologic studies of avian vacuolar myelinopathy in waterbirds

Epizootic avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) was first recognized as a neurologic disease in bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and American coots (Fulica americana) in Arkansas, USA in 1994 and 1996, respectively, but attempts to identify the etiology of the disease have been unsuccessful to date. Between 1998 and 2001, wing clipped sentinel birds (wild American coots and game farm...
Authors
Tonie E. Rocke, N. J. Thomas, T. Augspurger, Kimberli J.G. Miller
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