Wobeser G, Docherty D E
J Wildl Dis. 1987 Jul;23(3):479-82. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.479.
Duck plague was diagnosed on the basis of pathology and virus isolation in a wild female mallard Anas platyrhynchos found dead near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Day-old Pekin ducklings and one of two adult mallards died with lesions typical of duck plague following inoculation of tissue from the wild bird. This is believed to be the only reported case of duck plague in a wild bird since a major outbreak occurred in South Dakota in 1973, and the fourth such report in North America.
根据病理学和病毒分离结果，在萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通市附近发现的一只死亡野生雌性绿头鸭（学名：Anas platyrhynchos）身上确诊了鸭瘟。用这只野生鸟类的组织接种后，一日龄的北京鸭雏鸭和两只成年绿头鸭中的一只死于具有鸭瘟典型特征的病变。自1973年南达科他州发生重大疫情以来，这被认为是野生鸟类中唯一一例有报道的鸭瘟病例，也是北美第四例此类报告。
