Shedding of a Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in a Common Synanthropic Mammal – The Cottontail Rabbit

• J. Jeffrey Root ,

  * E-mail: Jeff.root@aphis.usda.gov

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Susan A. Shriner,

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Kevin T. Bentler,

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Thomas Gidlewski,

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Nicole L. Mooers,

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Terry R. Spraker,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Kaci K. VanDalen,

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Heather J. Sullivan,

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Alan B. Franklin

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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