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Tracking Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) with GPS Satellite Transmitters Along Their Migration Route Through Northeast Asia

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Avian Dis. 2016 May;60(1 Suppl):311-5. doi: 10.1637/11096-042015-Reg.
[h=1]Tracking Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) with GPS Satellite Transmitters Along Their Migration Route Through Northeast Asia.[/h] Shin JH[SUP]1[/SUP], Lee KS[SUP]2[/SUP], Kim SH[SUP]1[/SUP], Hwang JK[SUP]1[/SUP], Woo C[SUP]1[/SUP], Kim J[SUP]3[/SUP], Kim JH[SUP]4[/SUP], Suh JH[SUP]1[/SUP], Jeong J[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang SJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Chung HM[SUP]5[/SUP], Yu SD[SUP]1[/SUP], Choi KH[SUP]1[/SUP], Mo IP[SUP]6[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] In this study, Global Positioning System satellite transmitters were attached to three mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) wintering in South Korea to track their migration routes, stopover sites, breeding sites, and migration patterns. We successfully tracked only one mallard (no. 108917) from November 15, 2011, to November 29, 2013, and determined separate migration routes in two cases of spring migration and one case of fall migration. The mallard repeatedly migrated to the same final destination, even though the travel path varied. We identified six stopover sites: Hunhe River, Liaohe River, Yinma River, Yalu River, Songjeon Bay, and Dahuofang Reservoir in China and South Korea. The wintering sites of two migration cases were discovered to be identical (Gokgyo River in Asan, South Korea). The terminal sites, which were presumed to be breeding grounds, were the same in both cases (Hinggan League in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China). On the basis of the migration routes identified in this study, we suggest that future efforts to control highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) should not only include avian influenza surveillance but also implement flyway-based strategies, with regard to all countries affected by potential HPAI outbreaks.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N1; H5N8; South Korea; avian influenza; mallard; migration route

PMID: 27309072 [PubMed - in process]
 
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