title: Avian Cholera Causes Marine Bird Mortality in the Bering Sea of Alaska.
abstract: The first known avian cholera outbreak among wild birds in Alaska occurred during November 2013. Liver, intestinal, and splenic necrosis consistent with avian cholera was noted, and Pasteurella multocida serotype 1 was isolated from liver and lung or spleen in Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella), Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia), Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis), and gulls (Larus spp.).
authors.affiliation: 1  US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Rd., Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bodenstein
authors.affiliation: 2  Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberlee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckmen
authors.affiliation: 3  University of Alaska Fairbanks, Marine Advisory Program, Pouch 400, Nome, Alaska 99762, USA.
authors.forename: Gay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sheffield
authors.affiliation: 4  US Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, 1011 E Tudor Rd., Anchorage, Alaska 99503, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuletz
authors.affiliation: 5  US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Hemert
authors.affiliation: 1  US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Rd., Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berlowski
authors.affiliation: 1  US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Rd., Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shearn-Bochsler
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D001717:Birds; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009792:Oceans and Seas / Q000453:epidemiology; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida