Avian Influenza Research Project
Resources

Publications and Reports

• Mapping the risk of avian influenza in wild birds in the US. Trevon L. Fuller, Sassan S. Saatchi, Emily E. Curd, Erin Toffelmier, Henri A. Thomassen, Wolfgang Buermann , David F. DeSante , Mark P. Nott, James F. Saracco, C. J. Ralph, John D. Alexander, John P. Pollinger, and Thomas B. Smith. 2010. BMC Infectious Diseases 10:187doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-187. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/187

• Proposal for Avian Influenza rapid assessment by using existing constant-effort monitoring networks, C. John Ralph, Ken Rosenberg, and Terrell D. Rich. 2006.

• Capture and banding of landbirds using mist nets: job hazard analysis. C. John Ralph, Linda L. Long, Josée Rousseau, Sherri Miller, and Kim Hollinger. 2006.
  Available in hard copy or pdf from Linda Long or C. John Ralph. This formal document has been approved by the USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station, meeting all prevailing federal requirements. Appendices include guidelines for wild bird handling, related to Avian Influenza, from U.S.G.S. National Wildlife Health Center, Ornithological Council, Environment Canada-National Wildlife Research Centre, and United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.

Web Sites for Avian Influenza

• Information and Research
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
• NBII National HPAI Early Detection Data System: National Avian Influenza surveillance information
• The Ornithological Council: Avian Influenza
• University of California at Los Angeles' Center for Tropical Research: Avian Influenza virus in North American migratory birds
• University of California, Davis: Avian Influenza: News, information, and research
• U.S.G.S. Division of Migratory Bird Management: Avian Influenza in wild birds - Sources of information
• U.S.G.S. Wildlife Health Center's Avian Influenza information
• World Health Organization: Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR): Avian Influenza
  
  
• Handling Wild Birds
• Interim guidelines for the protection of persons handling wild birds with reference to highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1. U.S. Geological Survey Wildlife Health Center
• Avian Influenza: What ornithologists and bird banders should know. The Ornithological Council
• Fact Sheet: Guidance on precautions for the handling of wild birds. Canadian Wildlife Service:
• Avian influenza (Bird flu): Avian influenza wild bird surveillance. United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs:

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