Results of algal toxin testing from wildlife mortality submissions to the National Wildlife Health Center

This data set is composed of all animals received as a diagnostic submission to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center for which algal toxin testing was performed from November 1998 to January 2018. Birds with a histologic diagnosis of avian vacuolar myelinopathy, a disease caused by the algal toxin aetokthonotoxin, are also included. Algal toxins tested for include brevetoxin, cylindrospermopsin, domoic acid, microcystin, and saxitoxin. Case-accession number, species, state collected, month and year collected, and detection or non-detection of the algal toxin is reported.

Categories: Data; Tags: Algal toxin, Environmental Health, Saxitoxin, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, All tags... Wildlife Disease, avian vacuolar myelinopathy, biota, brevetoxin, cylindrospermopsin, domoic acid, microcystin, wildlife, Fewer tags