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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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Lead poisoning of waterfowl by contaminated sediment in the Coeur D'Alene River Lead poisoning of waterfowl by contaminated sediment in the Coeur D'Alene River

The Coeur d'Alene River basin in Idaho has been contaminated by mine tailings that have impaired the health of wildlife since the early 1900s. In other parts of the world, virtually all lead poisoning of waterfowl is caused by the ingestion of manmade lead artifacts, primarily spent lead shotshell pellets or, occasionally, fishing sinkers. However, in the Coeur d'Alene River basin in...
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L. Sileo, L. H. Creekmore, D. J. Audet, M.R. Snyder, C.U. Meteyer, J. Christian Franson, L. N. Locke, M. R. Smith, D.L. Finley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Leaping lopsided: a review of the current hypotheses regarding etiologies of limb malformations in frogs Leaping lopsided: a review of the current hypotheses regarding etiologies of limb malformations in frogs

Recent progress in the investigation of limb malformations in free-living frogs has underlined the wide range in the types of limb malformations and the apparent spatiotemporal clustering of their occurrence. Here, we review the current understanding of normal and abnormal vertebrate limb development and regeneration and discuss some of the molecular events that may bring about limb...
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I.K. Loeffler, D.L. Stocum, J.F. Fallon, C.U. Meteyer
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish-eating water birds including bald eagles and albatrosses Perfluorooctane sulfonate in fish-eating water birds including bald eagles and albatrosses

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was measured in 161 samples of liver, kidney, blood, or egg yolk from 21 species of fish-eating water birds collected in the United States including albatrosses from Sand Island, Midway Atoll, in the central North Pacific Ocean. Concentrations of PFOS in the blood plasma of bald eagles collected from the midwestern United States ranged from 13 to 2220 ng...
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K. Kannan, J. C. Franson, W.W. Bowerman, K.J. Hansen, P. D. Jones, J. P. Giesy
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Size characteristics of stones ingested by common loons Size characteristics of stones ingested by common loons

Common Loon (Gavia immer) carcasses recovered in New England had more stones of greater combined mass in their stomachs than loons from the southeastern United States. Stones retained in sieves with mesh sizes between 4.75 and 8.00 mm accounted for the greatest percentage (by mass) of grit in loon stomachs. The median longest dimension of the largest single stone in each stomach was 12.5...
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J. Christian Franson, Scott P. Hansen, Mark Pokras, Rose Miconi
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

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

No abstract available.
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K. A. Converse, A. Schrader
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

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

No abstract available.
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Kimberli J.G. Miller, K. Converse, L. Glaser, A. Schrader
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

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

No abstract available.
Authors
Kimberli J.G. Miller, K. Converse, A. Schrader
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Disease mortality events involving Ross's Geese Disease mortality events involving Ross's Geese

No abstract available.
Authors
M.D. Samuel, K. A. Converse, Kimberli J.G. Miller
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Type characters of non-native plant species in Great Lakes national parks (USA) Type characters of non-native plant species in Great Lakes national parks (USA)

Non-native plant species are increasing in frequency and abundance in many natural areas in the United States. In Midwestern National Parks, as much as one third of the flora may be non-native. It was hypothesized that botanical characters of these species could be used to typify them and improve the methods of predicting invasions. Data on 19 characters of 341 non-native species from...
Authors
J. P. Bennett
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases

No abstract available.
Authors
S.K. Taylor, D. E. Green, K.M. Wright, B.R. Whitaker
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

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

No abstract available.
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A. Schrader, K. Converse, Kimberli J.G. Miller, G. McLaughlin, Rex Sohn
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center

Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999 Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999

In addition to human encephalitis and meningitis cases, the West Nile (WN) virus outbreak in the summer and fall of 1999 in New York State resulted in bird deaths in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. From August to December 1999, 295 dead birds were laboratory-confirmed with WN virus infection; 262 (89%) were American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). The New York State Department of...
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M. Eidson, N. Komar, F. Sorhage, R. Nelson, T. Talbot, F. Mostashari, R. McLean
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center
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