Disease outbreaks among penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island: a conservation concern
In 1992 and 1993, unknown diseases killed 250–300 King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus and an estimated 5–10 thousand Macaroni Penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. At the same island, an outbreak of avian cholera Pasteurella multocida during November 2004 killed approximat...
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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Cooper, J.,
Crawford, R.J.M,
De Villiers, M.S.,
Dyer, B.M.,
Hofmeyr, G.J.G.,
Jonker, A. |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Language: | English |
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An International Peer-Reviewed Journal of Seabird Science and Conservation
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/120909
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