J. Christian Franson

Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways (2008)

Ip, Hon S, Flint, Paul L, Franson, J Christian, Dusek, Robert J, Derksen, Dirk V, Gill, Robert E, ...

Abstract Background The global spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus has stimulated interest in a better understanding of the mechanisms of H5N1 dispersal, including the...

Causes of Mortality in Sea Ducks (Mergini) Necropsied at the USGS-National Wildlife Health Center (2005)

Lee F. Skerratt, J. Christian Franson, Carol U. Meteyer, Tuula E. Hollmén

Intestinal Helminths in Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura) from Arizona, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee, U.S.A (2004)

Kelly A. Lee, J. Christian Franson, John M. Kinsella, Tuula HollmÉn, Scott P. Hansen, Antti HollmÉn

An Adenovirus Linked to Mortality and Disease in Long-Tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) in Alaska (2003)

Tuula E. Hollmén, J. Christian Franson, Paul L. Flint, James B. Grand, Richard B. Lanctot, Douglas E. Docherty, ...

SUMMARY. An adenovirus was isolated from intestinal samples of two long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) collected during a die-off in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska in 2000. The...

Lead Fishing Weights and Other Fishing Tackle in Selected Waterbirds (2003)

J. Christian Franson, Scott P. Hansen, Terry E. Creekmore, Christopher J. Brand, David C. Evers, Adam E. Duerr, ...

Isolation and Characterization of a Reovirus from Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) from Finland (2002)

Tuula Hollmén, J. Christian Franson, Mikael Kilpi, Douglas E. Docherty, Wallace R. Hansen, Martti Hario

SUMMARY. Samples of brain, intestine, liver, lung, spleen, and bursa of Fabricius were collected from five common eider (Somateria mollissima) duckling carcasses during a die-off in the western Gulf...

SIZE CHARACTERISTICS OF STONES INGESTED BY COMMON LOONS1 (2001)

J. Christian Franson, Scott P. Hansen, Rose Miconi

Common Loon (Gavia immer) carcasses recovered in New England had more stones of greater combined mass in their stomachs than loons from the southeastern United States. Stones retained in sieves with...

INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN EIDER DUCKS AND HERRING GULLS (2000)

Tuula Hollmén, J. Christian Franson, Douglas E. Docherty, Mikael Kilpi, Martti Hario, Lynn H. Creekmore, ...

We measured antibodies to infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) in blood of nesting Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) females and immature Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) in the Baltic Sea, and...

Introduction to General Field Procedures (Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases) (1999)

Franson, J. Christian, Friend, Milton, Toweill, Dale E., Brownell, Robert L., Nettles, Victor F., Davis, Donald S., ...

Section 1 of the Manual provides basic information regarding general field procedures for responding to wildlife disease events. Field biologists provide a critical linkage in disease diagnostic work...

Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds (1999)

Friend, Milton, Franson, J. Christian

The "Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds" presents practical, current information and insights about wild bird illnesses and the procedures to follow...

Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues in an Iowa mink population /--by J. Christian Franson. (1972)

Franson, J. Christian.

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Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways

Ip, Hon S, Flint, Paul L, Franson, J Christian, Dusek, Robert J, Derksen, Dirk V, Gill, Robert E, ...