House finches and blackcapped chickadee (IMAGE)

American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

House finches and blackcapped chickadee

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House finches and blackcapped chickadee visiting a bird feeder equipped with a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. We monitored birdfeeder usage of common backyard birds with RFID tagging to inform our predictions of the impact of bird-delivered ivermectin on West NIle virus transmission.

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Nick Komar

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