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Waterfowl ecology and avian influenza in California: do host traits inform us about viral occurrence?

A quantitative risk assessment for the likelihood of introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strain H5N1 into U.S. hunter retriever dogs.

Comparison of real-time reverse transcription-PCR and virus isolation for estimating prevalence of avian influenza virus in hunter-harvested wild birds at waterfowl wintering grounds along the Texas mid-Gulf Coast (2005-2006 through 2008-2009).

Morphology of the quadrate in the Eocene anseriform Presbyornis and extant galloanserine birds.

No evidence of transmission of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza to humans after unprotected contact with infected wild swans.

[First record of species Dicranotaenia synsacculata Macko, 1988 (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae) of the goldeneye Bucephala clangula (Linneus, 1758) in Poland].

Heartworm in a mute swan (Cygnus olor).

Identifying changes in selective constraints: host shifts in influenza.

Developmental basis for telencephalon expansion in waterfowl: enlargement prior to neurogenesis.

Modeling marine protected areas for threatened eiders in a climatically changing Bering Sea.

Compensatory growth in an aquatic plant mediates exploitative competition between seasonally tied herbivores.

A review on swimmer's itch and the occurrence of bird schistosomes in Iceland.

Surveillance for high pathogenicity avian influenza virus in wild birds in the Pacific Flyway of the United States, 2006-2007.

Costs of reproduction in a long-lived bird: large clutch size is associated with low survival in the presence of a highly virulent disease.

Mercury demethylation in waterbird livers: dose-response thresholds and differences among species.

Effect of hemolysis on plasma protein levels and plasma electrophoresis in birds.

The independent evolution of the enlargement of the principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve in three different groups of birds.

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia lonestari in birds in Tennessee.

Heterologous replacement of the supposed host determining region of avihepadnaviruses: high in vivo infectivity despite low infectivity for hepatocytes.

Mercury residues and productivity in osprey and grebes from a mine-dominated ecosystem.