Volume 10, Number 12, December 2004

West Nile Virus Outbreak in North American Owls, Ontario, 2002

Ady Y. Gancz,* Ian K. Barker,* Robbin Lindsay,† Antonia Dibernardo,† Katherine McKeever,‡ and Bruce Hunter*
*University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada; †Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and ‡The Owl Foundation, Vineland, Ontario, Canada

Figure 1. A) Dead corvid (family Corvidae) sightings at the Niagara region, July 5–October 4, 2002, and B) daily death rates at the Owl Foundation during the same period. 1) First WNV-positive crow, 2) first and 3) last WNV-related deaths at The Owl Foundation are shown.

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