These guidelines have been prepared by the North American Ornithological Council, and were formulated with consideration of animal welfare and research needs. First published in 1997, this second edition of the guidelines was published on the Web in 1999. Organised into sections, the chapter headings include Permits, Investigator Impact, Collecting and Trapping, Marking, Transport, Housing and Captive Breeding, Minor Manipulative Procedures, and Major Manipulative Procedures. References are provided and the appendices include useful North American addresses, Internet resources and a link to the American Birding Association code of birding ethics. These guidelines are also available in Spanish.
Information is provided on the history of IBDV, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention.
Made available on the Web by the College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University. The OJVR features articles that deal with veterinary research, medicine, molecular biology and veterinary informatics. The Journal is peer-reviewed and each submitted article is reviewed by 3 or more persons from the editorial board. Abstracts of these articles are also available. The Journal is published on the Web by Dr. V.H.Guerrini from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Australia.