Ecology and Management of Avian Botulism on the Canadian Prairies
Ecology and Management of Avian Botulism on the Canadian Prairies
Ecology and Management of Avian Botulism on the Canadian Prairies
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70Table 3. Logistic analyses evaluating effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> date <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> b<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing, sex, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> treatment (botulism vs.c<strong>on</strong>trol) <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> probability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> direct recovery for mallards b<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed at botulism outbreak <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> n<strong>on</strong>outbreakc<strong>on</strong>trol sites in 1999. Outbreak sites included: Kimiwan Lake, Alberta (AB); EyebrowLake, Saskatchewan (SK); Old Wives Lake, SK; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Whitewater Lake, Manitoba (MB) (datafrom <strong>the</strong> two SK sites were combined for analysis). C<strong>on</strong>trol sites for AB, SK, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> MB wereBrooks, Last Mountain Lake, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Big Grass Marsh, respectively. Sec<strong>on</strong>d-order interacti<strong>on</strong>swere not significant (P > 0.10) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> were <strong>the</strong>refore removed from each model.Province n Source Coefficient χ 2 df PAB 2,189 Date 0.01 0.47 1 0.495Sex 0.49 4.10 1 0.043Treatment 0.37 0.57 1 0.451SK / MB 3,645 Date -0.01 1.17 1 0.279Sex 0.36 2.68 1 0.102Province 0.06 0.13 1 0.722Treatment -0.67 5.44 1 0.020