| | Accession Number | 5004971 |
| | Title | Susceptibility of vaccinated sandhill cranes to West Nile virus |
| | Project Description | West Nile virus was recently introduced into the United States in the vicintiy of New York City. In |
| | this location the virus has killed large numbers of birds, especially, but not limited to, crows. There |
| | has been one verbal report of a sandhill crane at the Bridgeport, Connecticut Zoo dying form West |
| | Nile virus. Because the virus is spreading, our Florida sandhill cranes, greater sandhill cranes, |
| | and endangered whooping cranes may be at risk. We need to conduct a controlled study to find |
| | out how pathogenic the virus is for these species. We also need to investigate some fo the new |
| | vaccines that are being produced to see if any would be efffective in protecting the cranes. |
| | Keywords | cranes, sandhill cranes, vaccination, west nile virus, whooping cranes, |
| | Principal | Glenn H Olsen, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: glenn_olsen@usgs.gov; Kimberli |
| | Investigators | Miller, National Wildlife Health Laboratory: kim_miller@usgs.gov; |
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