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Tadorna tadorna
Photo credit: Eric C. Palm, USGS

Research Summary: Rapid Molecular Techniques for Avian Influenza Detection in Wild Birds (John Y. Takekawa, Nichola J. Hill)

Description: Common shellduck (Tadorna tadorna) carrying a satellite transmitter as part of avian influenza surveillance efforts in Egypt.

	'Akeke'e (Kaua'i 'Akepa)		Black band disease on great star coral		Desert tortoise with mycoplasmosis
	Elk in a herd		Elk with a horse in the foreground		Gills of fathead minnows exposed to nanomaterials
	Horn snails		Montastraea cavernosa with yellow blotch/band disease		Rana luteventris
	Rana muscosa		Root biomass associated with white rice		Salmon with Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD)
	Sea otter		Tadorna tadorna
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