http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov The Wildlife Disease Information Node's newly added content. en-us wildlife disease http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/images/mainlogo.jpg http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov 120 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:41:01 -0500 cmarsh@usgs.gov mhines@usgs.gov http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/amLvXnxCZ54/journal.ppat.1000452 From conclusion: Pathogenesis and host immune response studies with model viruses (e.g., lymphocytic choriomeningitis, polio, herpes simplex, and mous...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/amLvXnxCZ54" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=5101 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000452 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/oERXC93hwQU/2008-282 From abstract: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy afflicting the Cervidae family in North America, causing neu...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/oERXC93hwQU" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=5096 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/2008-282 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/GnU-KTQpyrc/journal.pone.0005729 From abstract: Evaluating the potential involvement of wild avifauna in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 (hereafter H5N1) requi...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/GnU-KTQpyrc" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=5063 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005729 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/G_z3jls2Ebk/wnspics.html These images of bats showing signs of white nose syndrome are in the public domain and are available for download and reproduction. Please credit U.S....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/G_z3jls2Ebk" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=5031 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.fws.gov/northeast/wnspics.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/GfoWIb0dSSo/2007-0109.1 From abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) infection and associated disease and mortality have been documented in numerous North American raptor species. In...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/GfoWIb0dSSo" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4997 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2007-0109.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/DFeZX-njaCM/prions.htm Discusses the theory of prions and includes animated images. One image illustrates how scientists confirmed that viruses did not play a role in transm...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/DFeZX-njaCM" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4996 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.wiley.com//legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/cutting_edge/prions/prions.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/SNWJuBsaGeU/j.meegid.2009.04.009 From abstract: Transmission and persistence of avian influenza viruses (AIV) among wildlife remains an unresolved issue because it depends both on the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/SNWJuBsaGeU" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4995 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2009.04.009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/rqMokdeXBAs/Summary.asp From abstract: The Emergency Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group. Dr. Karesh heads the field veterinary program of the Wildlife Conservation So...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/rqMokdeXBAs" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4987 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?file%3d13744 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/rwbjcpan-qk/ Presents an overview of the emerging infectious disease, white-nose syndrome (WNS). Topic headings included on this web page overview is a brief hist...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/rwbjcpan-qk" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4982 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.fort.usgs.gov/WNS/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/0sutoCOb2Rc/ This web site is part of an education and outreach campaign for viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) prevention funded by the U.S. Department of Agricul...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/0sutoCOb2Rc" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4959 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.focusonfishhealth.org http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/6kFg8hcpPOQ/update%2094.pdf Chronic wasting disease (CWD) news update issued on March 31, 2009. This issue includes a conference reminder and information about a proposed federal...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/6kFg8hcpPOQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4958 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/update%2094.pdf http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/ff0DK1Ky_pY/j.1365-2664.2008.01576.x Excerpt from abstract: 1) Emerging wildlife diseases pose a significant threat to natural and human systems. Because of real or perceived risks of del...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/ff0DK1Ky_pY" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4918 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01576.x http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/8Ov4qz6uUbM/wns2.html U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species biologist Susi von Oettingen talks about white-nose syndrome in bats and investigates a hibernaculum...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/8Ov4qz6uUbM" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4903 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.fws.gov/northeast/wns2.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/oC7MMmJdkrk/index.html This presentation offers a history, description, maps and extensive photos of White Nose Syndrome documenting the first occurrences of WNS in New York...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/oC7MMmJdkrk" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4902 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.caves.org/WNS/wns%203-30-08%20html/index.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/tbAwFg5JPH0/science.1163874 From Abstract: "White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a condition associated with an unprecedented bat mortality event in the northeastern United States. Since...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/tbAwFg5JPH0" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4866 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1163874 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/QW3jgPyJwvY/19143476 From Abstract: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the only known prion disease affecting free-ranging animals and has become a serious epidemic in North...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/QW3jgPyJwvY" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4853 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19143476 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/5ZW4wnrThaw/poa.htm Provides preliminary outbreak assessment reports on infectious disease outbreaks, mostly affecting domestic animals. The reports describe the outbreak...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/5ZW4wnrThaw" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4852 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/monitoring/poa.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/xpBy57afBAg/18776116 From Abstract: In September 2002, chronic wasting disease (CWD), a prion disorder of captive and wild cervids, was diagnosed in a white-tailed deer (O...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/xpBy57afBAg" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4851 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18776116 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/W7WUBpwycVw/ecology.asp From Entry: Avian Influenza is a highly contagious disease caused by type A influenza virus. Waterfowl are natural hosts of the disease and are usual...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/W7WUBpwycVw" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4850 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.invasivespecies.net/database/species/ecology.asp?si%3d529%26fr%3d1%26sts%3d http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~3/LzeQU1pPz1g/na_cwd_1_2009.jpg A static map illustrating the distribution of chronic wasting disease (CWD)in North America in free-ranging and captive cervids in January 2009.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WdinNewContent/~4/LzeQU1pPz1g" height="1" width="1"/> http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/id=4826 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/na_cwd_1_2009.jpg