J.A. Taylor G.F. Gee R.P. Urbanek D.W. Stahlecker Glenn H. Olsen 1997 Whooping cranes (Grus americana) have been reared at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center since 1966. During 1982-95 there were 103 mortalities caused by infectious and parasitic diseases (46%), trauma (21%), anatomic abnormalities (17%), miscellaneous conditions (12%), and open or no diagnoses (5%). The implications that disease may have on new whooping crane flocks in Florida and Canada are discussed, based on these mortality factors in captivity. application/pdf en North American Crane Working Group Whooping crane mortality at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 1982-95 chapter