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Anseriformes
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An`se`ri`for´mes
n. pl.1.(Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
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Noun1.Anseriformes - ducksAnseriformes - ducks; geese; swans; screamers      
order Anseriformes
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
anseriform bird - chiefly web-footed swimming birds
Anatidae, family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
Anseres, suborder Anseres - used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
Anhimidae, family Anhimidae - screamers
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Relatively few wild avian species, rather than anseriform species as a whole, may have contributed to most of the spread of HPAI (H5N1) within Eurasia.
Experimental infection of swans and geese with highly pathogenic ... by Brown, Justin D.; Stallknecht, David E.; Swayne, David E. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The best opportunities for viral transmission among large numbers of anseriform hosts would likely be on lakes and ponds in summer, where large concentrations gather for weeks to undergo the postbreeding, premigratory molt (18).
Birds and influenza H5N1 virus movement to and within North America by Hubalek, Zdenek / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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