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Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL
alaska.usgs.gov — This web resource provides information concerning the on-going Research at the USGS Alaska Science Center on birds and avian influenza (bird flu). The site links to quick facts, on-going research, workshop results, monitoring and surveillance, guidelines on how to safeguard against avian influenza, publications and reports, migratory bird More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL
alaska.usgs.gov — This study examines the likelihood that migratory birds will transmit highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza from Asia to North America, using Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) as a model for viral transmission. Evaluating exchange of avian-borne pathogens between Asia and North America by migratory birds requires an understanding of where birds More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL
alaska.usgs.gov — This project investigates the role of wild migratory birds in the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. Scientists will determine the precise migratory routes and use of Asian stopover areas by Alaska-breeding Bar-tailed Godwits. Field surveillance sampling targets HPAIH5N1 and non-H5N1 viruses in Alaska and assess More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC, Honolulu) | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — Introduction to Hawaiian studies of native birds: Hawaiian forest birds, endangered Palila (Loxioides baillieu), endangered Nene (Branta sandvicensis), birds elsewhere in the Pacific, waterbirds and seabirds, and endangered Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis).
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