At 07:15 PM 4/27/98 +1000, Pat Macwhirter wrote:
>From a veterinary view point this is
>a single hen with neonatal mortality in successive clutches. All of the
>possibilities that Steve etc raised are valid but I would also wonder about
>an oviduct infection, either viral or bacterial, that might be causing weak
>chicks or an incubation problem or a nutritional deficiency.
Have there been many studies of endemic diseases in wild populations of
Australian birds? Dare I suggest that this would be interesting to hear
more about on Birding-Aus?
Stephen
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