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Christopher J. Brand, Ronald M. Windingstad, Lynne M. Siegfried, Ruth M. Duncan, Robert M. Cook, Avian Morbidity and Mortality from Botulism, Aspergillosis, and Salmonellosis at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA, Colonial Waterbirds, Vol. 11, No. 2 (1988), pp. 284-292
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