White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Die-Off Due to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Subtype H5N8, in Germany
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Date Eagles Found | Age | Sex | Federal State | H5 | N8 | HPH5 |
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15 November 2016 | Subadult | n.d. | SH | + | + | + |
21 November 2016 | Juvenile | female | MWP | ++ | ++ | ++ |
27 November 2016 | Adult | male | SH | +++ | +++ | +++ |
28 November 2016 | Juvenile | female | SH | +++ | +++ | + |
28 November 2016 | Juvenile * | male | MWP | + | + | + |
1 December 2016 | Juvenile | n.d. | LS | +++ | +++ | +++ |
2 December 2016 | Juvenile | male | MWP | +++ | +++ | +++ |
3 December 2016 | Immature | female | SH | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ |
3 December 2016 | Immature | female | SH | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ |
5 December 2016 | Juvenile | male | MWP | ++ | +++ | +++ |
10 December 2016 | Immature | male | MWP | ++++ | ++++ | ++++ |
29 December 2016 | Juvenile | male | MWP | ++ | +++ | ++ |
29 December 2016 | Adult | female | MWP | +++ | +++ | +++ |
29 December 2016 | Juvenile * | male | MWP | + | + | ++ |
9 January 2017 | Juvenile | female | MWP | + | + | + |
29 January 2017 | Juvenile * | male | MWP | ++ | ++ | ++ |
3 April 2017 | Adult | female | HH | ++ | ++ | ++ |
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Krone, O.; Globig, A.; Ulrich, R.; Harder, T.; Schinköthe, J.; Herrmann, C.; Gerst, S.; Conraths, F.J.; Beer, M. White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Die-Off Due to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Subtype H5N8, in Germany. Viruses 2018, 10, 478. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10090478
Krone O, Globig A, Ulrich R, Harder T, Schinköthe J, Herrmann C, Gerst S, Conraths FJ, Beer M. White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Die-Off Due to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Subtype H5N8, in Germany. Viruses. 2018; 10(9):478. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10090478
Chicago/Turabian StyleKrone, Oliver, Anja Globig, Reiner Ulrich, Timm Harder, Jan Schinköthe, Christof Herrmann, Sascha Gerst, Franz J. Conraths, and Martin Beer. 2018. "White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Die-Off Due to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Subtype H5N8, in Germany" Viruses 10, no. 9: 478. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10090478
APA StyleKrone, O., Globig, A., Ulrich, R., Harder, T., Schinköthe, J., Herrmann, C., Gerst, S., Conraths, F. J., & Beer, M. (2018). White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Die-Off Due to Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, Subtype H5N8, in Germany. Viruses, 10(9), 478. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10090478