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About the Authors:
Sarah N. Bevins
* E-mail: [email protected]
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Kerri Pedersen
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Feral Swine Damage Management Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Mark W. Lutman
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Feral Swine Damage Management Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
John A. Baroch
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Brandon S. Schmit
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Dennis Kohler
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Thomas Gidlewski
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Dale L. Nolte
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Feral Swine Damage Management Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Seth R. Swafford
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDOI United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States of America
Thomas J. DeLiberto
Affiliations USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Introduction
In 2006, the United States of America (USA) Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior (DOI), along with multiple state and tribal agencies, implemented a nationally coordinated, avian influenza surveillance effort in wild birds. This surveillance effort was initially motivated by concern stemming from the involvement of wild birds in novel outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) in Asia during 2004 and 2005...