ORIGINAL PAPER Cutaneous and diphtheritic avian poxvirus infection in a nestling Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) from Antarctica

• Main Authors: Valerie Shearn-bochsler, D. Earl, Green Kathryn, A. Converse, Douglas E. Docherty, Teresa Thiel, Heidi N. Geisz, William R. Fraser, Donna L. Patterson-fraser, V. Shearn-bochsler, D. E. Docherty, T. Thiel, H. N. Geisz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Pelagic seabird · Infectious disease; Austral; Giganteus; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Giant Petrel; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.421.8807; http://www.umsl.edu/~thielt/Teresa Thiel, PhD_files/Shearn-Bochsler Thiel Pox.pdf

is declining over much of its range and currently is listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Island-speciWc breeding colonies near Palmer Station, Antarctica, have been monitored for over 30 years, and because this population continues to...