Abstract
Epidemiologic, serologic, and molecular phylogenetic methods were used to investigate an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a broiler breeding farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Results, coupled with data from influenza A virus surveillance of migratory waterfowl in Canada, implicated wild birds as the most probable source of the low pathogenicity precursor virus.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Animal Migration
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Animals
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Animals, Wild / virology
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Birds / virology
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Disease Outbreaks* / veterinary
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Influenza A virus / classification
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Influenza A virus / genetics
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Influenza A virus / isolation & purification
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Influenza A virus / pathogenicity*
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Influenza in Birds* / epidemiology
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Influenza in Birds* / virology
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Phylogeny
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Poultry / virology*
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Poultry Diseases* / epidemiology
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Poultry Diseases* / virology
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Saskatchewan / epidemiology