Great bustard Army training area. Here the lack of public access allows them the freedom needed as a large ground-nesting bird. It is classified by the IUCN as "vulnerable". The great bustard was classified with its scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, though the species was referred to as "avis tarda" in the much older writings of Pliny the Elder, and hence its names in English (from Old French "bistarda") and some other languages: "abetarda" (pt), "avetarda" (gl), "avutarda" (es). "Otis" is an Old Greek name for "bustard". The specific name, "tarda", is Latin for "slow" and "deliberate", which is apt
Edwardsiella tarda pathogenic to fish. J. Appl. Microbiol. 114(3)644-54. Edwardsiella tarda Edwardsiella tarda is a member of the family "Enterobacteriaceae". The bacterium is a facultatively anaerobic, small, motile, gram negative, straight rod with flagella. Infection causes Edwardsiella septicemia (also known as ES, edwardsiellosis, emphysematous putrefactive disease of catfish, fish gangrene, and red disease) in channel fish, eels, and flounder. "Edwardsiella tarda" is also found in largemouth bass and freshwater species such as rainbow trout. It is a zoonosis and can infect a variety of animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. "Edwardsiella tarda" has also been the cause of periodic infections for