Migration of Whooper Swans and Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus in Eastern Asia

• Scott H. Newman ,

  * E-mail: scott.newman@fao.org

  Affiliations EMPRES Wildlife Unit, Infectious Disease Group, Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases, Animal Production and Health Division, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, Wildlife Conservation Society, Field Veterinary Program, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Samuel A. Iverson,

  Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Vallejo, California, United States of America

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• John Y. Takekawa,

  Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Vallejo, California, United States of America

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• Martin Gilbert,

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Field Veterinary Program, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Diann J. Prosser,

  Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Nyambyar Batbayar,

  Affiliation Wildlife Science Conservation Center of Mongolia, and Ornithological Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Mongolia Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• Tseveenmyadag Natsagdorj,

  Affiliation Ornithological Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Mongolia Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• David C. Douglas

  Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Alaska Science Centre, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America

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