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Emerging avian disease /

In this volume, new human disease pandemics, arising from animals stimulated by ongoing environmental change, demonstrate the value of ornithological research into avian diseases. A group of 29 researchers addresses a diverse set of topics, including the evolutionary and ecological aspects of the ho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Cooper Ornithological Club
Otros Autores: Paul, Ellen, 1955- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Studies in avian biology ; no. 42.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Ecological associations of West Nile virus and avian hosts in an arid environment / Holly B. Vuong [and others]
  • The trans-Atlantic movement of the spirochete Borrelia garinii: the role of ticks and their seabird hosts / Sabir Bin Muzaffar [and others]
  • Parasitism in the endemic Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) and its relation to host genetic diversity and immune response / Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Robert E. Ricklefs, Patricia G. Parker
  • Prevalence and effects of West Nile virus on wild American kestrel (Falco sparverius) populations in Colorado / Robert J. Dusek, William M. Iko, Erik K. Hofmeister
  • First example of a highly prevalent but low-impact malaria in an endemic New Zealand passerine: Plasmodium of Tiritiri Matangi Island bellbirds (Anthornis melanura) / Rosemary K. Barraclough [and others]
  • Prototype system for tracking and forecasting highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza spread in North America / A. Townsend Peterson
  • Immunophenotyping of avian lymphocytes: implications and future for understanding diseases in birds / Jeanne M. Fair [and others]
  • Zoonotic diseases: what ornithologists and bird banders should know / Ornithological Council.