Newcastle disease and other causes of mortality in double-crested cormorants, <i>phalacrocorax auritus</i>
Since 1990, Newcastle disease (ND) caused repeated epidemics in juvenile double-crested cormorants ('Phalacrocorax auritus'; DCC). This disease is important because it may: (1) spread to poultry, (2) spread to wild birds cohabiting with DCC, and (3) modify population dynamics of DCC. This...
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University of Saskatchewan
1998
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-000950 |