Publications

the january 1977 avian cholera epornitic in northwest california.	a total of 844 birds were observed dead at three sites in humboldt county and an estimated 6750 birds died at three sites in del norte county, california. coots were the primary species affected. the isolation of pasteurella multocida from a snowy egret (egretta thula) is the first reported case of avian cholera in this bird. there was evidence for a distinct sequence in the bird species dying at one site; american coots (fulica americana) appeared to be the first species to die.	1978	691123
nesting ardeid colonies are not a focus of elevated west nile virus activity in southern california.	a large nesting colony of ardeid birds at the finney-ramer wildlife refuge in imperial county, california, did not appear to be a focus of west nile virus (wnv) amplification during the summer of 2004. blood samples taken during june and july from 155 nestlings of four species of ardeid birds (cattle egrets, black-crowned night herons, great egrets, and snowy egrets) and five nestling double-crested cormorants yielded a single wnv isolation from a 3-week-old cattle egret. antibody was detected b ...	2005	16187895