Investigations of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in Antarctic penguins, and the development of a standardised monitoring scheme

• Other Authors: KERRY, KNOWLES (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SHELLAM (DECEASED), GEOFF (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WATTS, JOANNE (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WATTS, JOANNE (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; BIRDS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; ADELIE PENGUIN; AGE; AVIAN ADENOVIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZAE; BLOOD SAMPLE; CLOACAL SWAB; COLONY LOCATION; DISEASE; EMPEROR PENGUIN; IBDV; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; REGION; SAMPLE; SERUM; SOUTH POLAR SKUA; SPECIES; STAGE OF BREEDING SEASON; YEAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTICA > Vestfold Hills; Bechervaise Island; Welch Island; Auster; Amanda Bay; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Auster Rookery; Cape Washington; Mawson Station; Terra Nova Bay; Vestfold; Adelie penguin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Catharacta maccormicki; Pygoscelis adeliae; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/investigations-bacterial-viral-monitoring-scheme/700352; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/58744d1b5b769; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_953; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This dataset contains data revealing the incidence of bacterial, viral and parasitic disease causing agents in Antarctic bird populations. Samples for disease analysis have been collected from various species of Antarctic birds during the course of ASAC project 953 and are stored at the Department o...