Wildlife Disease News Digest

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:39:18 +0000Wildlife Disease News Digest<a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov">Wildlife Disease News and Information at your Fingertips. Brought to you by the NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node</a>http://wdin.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])Blogger848125WildlifeDiseaseNewshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-8805756478219202440Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-07-06T00:00:21.230-05:00<description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/baldeagle%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 185px;" src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/baldeagle%281%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bald eagles succumb to poison in rat eradication on Alaskan island</span></span><br />Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com<br />01 Jul 2009<br />B Borrell<br />Photo credit: Alaskan Dude via Flickr<br />Area: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Rat%20Island,%20Aleutians%20West%20County,%20Alaska,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last month we reported on bald eagles and other birds found dead after a rat eradication project in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.<br /><br />The National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., has confirmed that the birds were casualties of brodifacoum, the poison used in bait scattered around Rat Island by helicopter.<br /><br />“Every one of the liver samples tested positive for brodifacoum,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Bruce Woods told Scientific American.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=bald-eagles-succumb-to-poison-in-ra-2009-07-01">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (03): Russia (TU)</span></span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[Defra - Final Draft]</span></span><br />ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org<br />26 Jun 2009<br />Area: Respublika Tyva, Russia<br /><br />In February [2009], Hong Kong reported 11 incidents of H5N1 HPAI involving both wild birds (2 corvids, a heron, and a falcon) and poultry which were found dead, either washed up along the coast line or inland (OIE, 2009a). In May [2009], an outbreak of H5N1 HPAI was reported in wild birds at Lake Qinghai in China (OIE, 2009a).<br /><br />The report suggests that 107 great crested grebes, 3 bar headed geese, and 11 brown headed gulls were found dead. Mongolia reported an outbreak of H5 HPAI in migratory whooper swans from Arkhangai region in May 2009 (OIE, 2009a).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:878110778694370::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,78173">>>>FULL POSTING</a><br /><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/monitoring/pdf/h5n1-russia-090626.pdf">>>>HPAI H5N1 in wild birds in Russia</a> [PDF]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/images/title_text.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 51px;" src="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/images/title_text.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">July Science Picks -- Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />02 Jul 2009<br /><ul><li>Weeding Out Alien Invaders</li><li>Corals in Decline — USGS to the Rescue</li><li>Protecting Tortoises by Understanding Their Habitat</li><li>Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/leads.asp?ID=2248&from=rss_home">>>>JULY SCIENCE PICKS</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coordinated Pushback Could Help Contain Bovine Bacterial Diseases</span></span><br />Cattle Network - www.cattlenetwork.com<br />01 Jul 2009<br />A Perry<br />Area: United States<br /><br />. . . NADC veterinary officers Ray Waters and Mitch Palmer and molecular biologist Tyler Thacker are working on several fronts to optimize bovine tuberculosis diagnostic tests and vaccinations for both wildlife and domestic livestock.<br /><br />For instance, Palmer is using white-tailed deer, which are a significant reservoir of bovine tuberculosis, to test experimental vaccines for potential bovine tuberculosis control in wildlife.<br /><br />So far his studies indicate that vaccines can be effective in decreasing the severity of the disease, and that oral vaccination appears to be as effective as subcutaneous vaccination. But other safety issues still need to be resolved before the vaccine could be used in wildlife.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=327255">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/22/caribou-population.html"><br /></a><ol><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8116000/8116692.stm"> Legless frogs mystery solved</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17354-animal-autopsy/1">Animal autopsy: Inside the world's biggest animals</a></li><li><a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20090624/NEWS/906249997/1055">10 lynx kittens found in 5 dens</a></li><li><a href="http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/49109857.html">Mysterious Virus Killing Fish in Smith Mountain Lake</a></li><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:1577499680257559::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,78089">Bovine tuberculosis - USA (07): (MN) cervid</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=248280">Wisconsin: Officials: No bird feeders in summer</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/wild-europe-nature-pictures/index.html">PICTURES: Wild Europe Exposed by Giant Photo Project</a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8103000/8103872.stm"> </a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_us/us_ocean_ddt">EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit off Calif. coast</a></li><li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-electrified-reef28-2009jun28,0,5720104.story?track=rss">Electrified coral reef off Florida gets federal OK</a></li><li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/090624-cancer-animals.html">Cancer Kills Wild Animals Too</a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm">Emerging Infectious Diseases</a> [table of contents]<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=0022-541X&volume=73&issue=5&ct=1">Journal of Wildlife Management</a> [table of contents]<br /></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000452">Virus and Host Determinants of West Nile Virus Pathogenesis</a></li></ol><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Sankei/Pink Tentacle</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/echizen_kurage_07_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 203px;" src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/echizen_kurage_07_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/japan-fears-massive-jellyfish-invasion-this-year/">Japan fears massive jellyfish invasion this year</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/07/01/nunavut-murres.html">Scientists' tracking of seabirds yields clues to health of oceans</a> [thick-billed murres, Canada]</li><li><a href="http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2009/vims-to-help-restore-marine-life-to-seaside-bays1213.php">VIMS to help restore marine life to seaside bays</a> [Virginia Coast Reserve]</li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8129816.stm">Wildlife threat at African reserve</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/02/BAO518HNC9.DTL">EPA ready to settle Bay Area pesticide suit</a> [California]</li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5709833/More-animals-than-ever-in-danger-of-becoming-extinct.html">More animals than ever in danger of becoming extinct</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/haog-ais070209.php">All in sight</a> [Navy thermal imager to detect/protect whales]</li><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=save-the-giant-spitting-earthworm-2009-07-01">Save the giant spitting earthworm</a> [Palouse earthworm, Idaho and Washington]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090701190414.htm">Inbred Bumblebees Less Successful</a> [United Kingdom]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coral</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/uomr-npf070109.php">Nursery programs for corals receive TLC from NOAA this Independence Day</a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/sc_afp/australiasciencecoralenvironment">Australia pledges millions for Great Barrier Reef</a></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.<br /></span></span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00932.x"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Satellite-marked waterfowl reveal migratory connection between H5N1 outbreak areas in China and Mongolia.</span></a><br />IBIS. 2009. 151(3): 568-576<br />DJ Prosser et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-8805756478219202440?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/yYB3e1deRzE" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/yYB3e1deRzE/top-stories-bald-eagles-succumb-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/07/top-stories-bald-eagles-succumb-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4204554804652882709</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-02T00:00:02.032-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/06/30/mn-otters01_ph1_0500324887.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 157px;" src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/06/30/mn-otters01_ph1_0500324887.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Otter population falls as humans pollute ocean</span></span><br />San Francisco Chronicle - www.sfgate.com<br />01 Jul 2009<br />J Kay<br />Photo credit: Nicole Laroche / UC Santa Cruz<br />Area: California, USA<br /><br />Sea otters along the California coast are dying off faster than at any time since the late 1990s, a disturbing trend that experts say is partially due to human-caused water pollution, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Tuesday.<br /><br />A spring census of the threatened otters found only 2,654 otters along 375 miles of coast, a 3.8 percent drop from the year before.<br /><br />"We know the problem is not one of reduced reproduction. It's one of elevated mortality," said Tim Tinker, a wildlife biologist at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center at the UC Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/01/MNPA18GK8S.DTL">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elk refuge ‘imperiled’</span></span><br />Jackson Hole News - www.jacksonholenews.com<br />20 Jun 2009<br />C Hatch<br />Area: Wyoming, USA<br /><br />An environmental group named the National Elk Refuge as one of the country’s ten most imperiled refuges Thursday, indicting the 20,000-acre property’s crowded feedlines for problems with disease and habitat degradation.<br /><br />The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility chose the top ten list from more than 540 refuges in all 50 states.<br /><br />PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch said that many refuges on the top ten list, including those in Alaska, Hawaii and California, face threats from climate change. However, on the National Elk Refuge, politics are driving decisions that make the animal and plant life vulnerable.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.jacksonholenews.com/article.php?art_id=4728">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/12532">>>>America's 10 Most Imperiled Wildlife Refuges</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SNQhz5L_gKI/AAAAAAAAAs8/d41FvQkUXSU/s200/hedds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SNQhz5L_gKI/AAAAAAAAAs8/d41FvQkUXSU/s200/hedds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">National HPAI Early Detection Data System (HEDDS) Update</span></span><br />NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node<br />01 Jul 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early Detection Data System (HEDDS) is an avian influenza data sharing repository. NBII and a network of partners across the nation have created HEDDS to hold data from different surveillance strategies and to provide a comprehensive view of national sampling efforts.<br /><br />Recent HEDDS Activity<br /><ul><li>Jun 26, 2009: 16 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2008. Total is now 78,625.</li><li>Jun 26, 2009: 379 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 758.</li><li>Jun 15, 2009: 16 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 379.</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/LPAI-Table.jsp">>>>HEDDS' LPAI H5N1 Results Table</a><br /><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/index.jsp">>>>For more about HEDDS</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fish virus could be headed this way</span></span><br />Parker Pioneer - www.parkerpioneer.net<br />30 Jun 2009<br />J Gutekunst<br />Area: Arizona, USA<br /><br />A virus that has killed thousands of carp in Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu is expected to reach the Parker Strip and Lake Moovalya, although wildlife officials don't know just when.<br /><br />The Koi Herpes Virus is harmless to humans. However, it has led to thousands of dead carp floating to the surface and washing up on the shores Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu.<br /><br />There have been so many fish dying that clean-up efforts have been difficult. Large numbers of dead fish have been reported on beaches and in popular areas of both lakes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.parkerpioneer.net/articles/2009/06/30/news/parker06.txt">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=sport&itemid=NOED24%20Jun%202009%2011%3A33%3A39%3A507">>>>Barford fishery fighting back against killer virus</a> [koi herpes virus]<a href="http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=sport&itemid=NOED24%20Jun%202009%2011%3A33%3A39%3A507"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Reuters</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.theage.com.au/2009/06/30/611247/0107LYNX-200x0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 279px;" src="http://images.theage.com.au/2009/06/30/611247/0107LYNX-200x0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/worlds-most-endangered-feline-back-from-the-brink-20090630-d3mz.html">World's most endangered feline back from the brink</a></li><li><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/30/invasive-salamander-carries-on-endangered-genes-while-killing-off-natives/">Invasive Salamander Carries on Endangered Genes While Killing off Natives</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scntx.com/articles/2009/06/24/the_colony_courier-leader/news/535a.txt">Feeding wildlife attracts predators, urban biologists say</a></li><li><a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/U-of-M-researcher--48272962.html">U of M researcher spearheads first-of-its-kind study</a> [how people are affected by CWD]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birds</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/endangered-birds-47070101">First Inspiring Video of North America's Amazing Birds</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2009/jul/01/puffins-farne-islands">Sudden collapse in puffin numbers baffles scientists</a> [United Kingdom] <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8125000/8125339.stm">Huge declines in woodland birds</a> [United Kingdom]</li><li><a href="http://wvgazette.com/ap/ApTopStories/200907010160">Bird infected with West Nile found in WVa county</a> - Hancock County, West Virginia, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Hancock%20County,%20West%20Virginia,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map it</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5688589/Peregrine-falcons-found-dead.html">Peregrine falcons found dead</a> [United Kingdom]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oceans</span><a href="http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/36501/"><br /></a><ul><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coral-fights-antibiotic-resistance">Coral Fights Antibiotic Resistance</a></li><li><a href="http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/36501/"></a><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-ocean-zoning-the-solution">Is Ocean Zoning the Solution to Dying Marine Ecosystems?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090629/full/news.2009.608.html?s=news_rss">Vital marine habitat under threat</a> [seagrass]</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/08-0578.1"><br /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/08-0578.1">Spatial and temporal patterns of chronic wasting disease: fine-scale mapping of a wildlife epidemic in Wisconsin</a><br />Ecological Applications. 2009; 19(5): 1311-1322<br />EE Osnas et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/kilpatrick/pdfs/publications/Schloegel%20et%20al%202009%20Biol%20Cons%20AOP.pdf">Magnitude of the US trade in amphibians and presence of Batrachochytrium<br />dendrobatidis and ranavirus infection in imported North American<br />bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> [pdf]</span><br />Biological Conservation. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]<br />LM Schloegel et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/cond.2009.080010">Impacts of the West Nile Virus Epizootic on the Yellow-Billed Magpie, American Crow, and Other Birds in the Sacramento Valley, California</a><br />Condor. 2009; 111(2):247-254<br />KS Smallwood and B Nakamoto<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-4204554804652882709?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/A3s9xNHfQYU" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/A3s9xNHfQYU/top-stories-otter-population-falls-as.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SNQhz5L_gKI/AAAAAAAAAs8/d41FvQkUXSU/s72-c/hedds.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/07/top-stories-otter-population-falls-as.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1397892883555085925</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-01T00:01:10.428-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virus-caused carp die-off spreading</span></span><br />The Sun - www.sbsun.com<br />26 Jun 2009<br />J Matthews<br />Area: Lake Havasu, Mohave County, Arizona, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20Havasu,%20Mohave%20County,%20Arizona,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A massive carp die-off that began in Lake Mohave in May is moving downstream, and Lake Havasu has now seen its carp population devastated by a virus specific only to these fish, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.<br /><br />The virus does not affect other fish, wildlife or people, and the die-off is not related to water quality issues on the Colorado River.<br /><br />"I'd say 80 to 90 percent of the carp, for sure have died," said John Galbraith of Angler's Pro Shop in Lake Havasu City.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_12694985">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated</span></span><br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br />29 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on June 28, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>> Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cattle Update: Tuberculosis Identified On Second Indiana Cervid Farm</span></span><br />Cattle Network - www.cattlenetwork.com<br />26 Jun 2009<br />Area: Wayne County, Indiana, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Wayne%20County,%20Indiana,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />An animal on a second Indiana cervid farm has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (commonly called “TB,” or more formally known as Mycobacterium bovis). The mature female elk was identified through testing by the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) after it was traced from the cervid operation that tested positive for the disease in May. “Cervid” is a category of animals that includes elk and various species of deer.<br /><br />The latest herd, a multi-species operation in Wayne County, is currently under quarantine until further testing can be completed.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=326052">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/News/NationalNews/Scientists-develop-TB-vaccine-for-possums---but-why/tabid/423/articleID/110386/cat/64/Default.aspx">>>>Scientists develop TB vaccine for possums - but why?</a> [New Zealand]<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8123711.stm">>>>Bovine TB £200m cost 'poor value'</a> [United Kingdom]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Environmental News Network</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.enn.com/image_for_articles/40121-1.jpg/medium"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 161px;" src="http://www.enn.com/image_for_articles/40121-1.jpg/medium" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/40121">Spotted Owls Face Genetic Bottleneck</a></li><li><a href="http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jg1u5cebiai">Natural breeding of alligators in Chambal river delights people</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_12702445">Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: Do sick sea lions signal a new El Nino?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=100854">New deal for brucellosis</a> [United States]</li><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/26/bc-whale-rescued-traps.html">Fisheries officers rescue tangled whale off central B.C.</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8117784.stm">Finance woes put porpoise at risk</a> [vaquita, Mexico]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625074633.htm">Bird Migration: First ‘transmitter Godwit’ Back To West Africa In One Go</a></li><li><a href="http://kfsk.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=centerBlock&ID=416">Biologist reflects on 37 years with Fish and Game</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.jacksonville.com/business/2009-06-26/story/jacksonville_company_aids_navy_with_whale-protection_measures">Jacksonville company aids Navy with whale-protection measures</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/us/22turtles.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">Device on Nets May Protect Sea Turtles</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news-nz/20092906-19352.html">Research could save rare lizard</a></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00793-09">Characterization of the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus derived from Wild Pikas in China</a><br />J Virol. 2009 Jun 24. [Epub ahead of print]<br />J Zhou et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-009-9352-5">Trace Element Concentrations in Raillietina micracantha in Comparison to Its Definitive Host, the Feral Pigeon Columba livia in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Archipelago, Spain)</a><br />Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 Jun 13. [Epub ahead of print]<br />J Torres et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00932.x">Satellite-marked waterfowl reveal migratory connection between H5N1 outbreak areas in China and Mongolia</a><br />Ibis. 2009; 151(3): 568 - 576<br />DJ Prosser et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19521465">Surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza in migratory shorebirds at the terminus of the East Asian - Australasian flyway</a><br />New Zealand veterinary journal 57 (3), 160-5 (Jun 2009)<br />I Langstaff et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-8-38"><br /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/8/1/38">Spatial analysis of plague in California: Niche modeling predictions of the current distribution and potential response to climate change</a><br />International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:38<br />C Ashley et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1397892883555085925?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/N812Cr8j-00" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/N812Cr8j-00/top-stories-virus-caused-carp-die-off.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/07/top-stories-virus-caused-carp-die-off.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7785733277187548425</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-30T21:48:59.652-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newsnet5.com/2009/0627/19878556_240X180.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://www.newsnet5.com/2009/0627/19878556_240X180.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gulls Killed, Maimed By Cooking Oil In River Spill</span></span><br />NewsNet5 - www.newsnet5.com<br />26 Jun 2009<br />Area: Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Cuyahoga%20River,%20Cuyahoga%20County,%20Ohio,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hundreds of gulls were killed or maimed after a substance that appeared to be cooking oil spewed out of a sewer pipe into the Cuyahoga River, investigators said.<br /><br />Several hundred gallons of the substance killed or disabled hundreds of gulls near the Kingsbury Run tributary. Officials said more than 500 birds were found dead and another 30 or 40 "in distress" near the ArcelorMittal Steel Plant near downtown Cleveland.<br /><br />A steel company spokeswoman said the company was also looking into the problem, but did not have any information on how the birds might have become contaminated.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/news/19870104/detail.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes slideshow]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Avian influenza (46): Russia (TU) wild birds, OIE</span></span><br />ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org<br />25 Jun 2009<br />Area: Ubsu-Nur, Ovursky, Respublika Tyva, Russia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Ubsu-Nur,%20Respublika%20Tyva,%20Russia,%20Asia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Information received on (and dated) 24 Jun 2009 from Dr Nicolay<br />Vlasov, CVO, Veterinary services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food,<br />Moscow, Russia<br /><br />Summary<br />Report type: immediate notification (final report)<br />Start date: 11 Jun 2009<br />Date of first confirmation of the event: 12 Jun 2009<br />Report date: 24 Jun 2009<br />Date submitted to OIE: 24 Jun 2009<br />Date event resolved: 24 Jun 2009<br />Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease<br />Date of previous occurrence: 8 May 2008<br />Manifestation of disease: clinical disease<br />Causal agent: highly pathogenic avian influenza virus<br />Serotype: H5N1<br />Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory (advanced), necropsy<br />This event pertains to the whole country<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:669458480719522::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,78110">>>>FULL POSTING</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.nbii.gov/mosesso/nbii_p00825.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 287px;" src="http://images.nbii.gov/mosesso/nbii_p00825.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plague wipes out prairie dog town</span></span><br />Amarillo.com - www.amarillo.com<br />27 Jun 2009<br />K Welch<br />Photo credit: John J. Mosesso/NBII Digital Image Library<br />Area: Hansford County, Texas, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Hansford%20County,%20Texas,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The heat is not the only thing Panhandle residents need to be careful of this summer. Bubonic plague is affecting animals, and at least one person has contracted West Nile virus in the region.<br /><br />A prairie dog town in northeast Hansford County was wiped out by bubonic plague in the past few weeks, said Ron Antalek, the county's emergency management coordinator. He suggested being on alert for signs of other die-offs, controlling pets to prevent them from getting the fleas that carry the disease and not directly handling dead rodents.<br /><br />. . . The last known prairie dog die-offs in the Panhandle in which the animals tested positive for plague were in Sherman County in 2006, according to the Texas Department of Health Services.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.amarillo.com/stories/062709/new_13823023.shtml">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuts in controls on travelling pets 'could bring new diseases to Britain'</span></span><br />Guardian News - www.guardian.co.uk<br />29 Jun 2009<br />J Meikle<br />Area: United Kingdom<br /><br />Health experts have warned that Britain could be vulnerable to diseases not previously reported in this country if the EU presses ahead with plans to drop controls on pet travel.<br /><br />One of the most dangerous threats comes from tapeworms or ticks carried by pets, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA). It voiced its concern as UK officials fight to keep requirements for travelling pets to be vaccinated against rabies and treated against other diseases that can spread to people.<br /><br />Its arguments about the threat to public health and native wildlife have already persuaded authorities in Brussels to delay the changes for 18 months to the end of 2011, but the HPA and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have signalled that controls should remain much longer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/29/health-warning-travelling-pet-controls">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: National Geographic News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/wild-europe-nature-pictures/images/primary/090626-01-european-bee-eater-bird_big.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 161px;" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/wild-europe-nature-pictures/images/primary/090626-01-european-bee-eater-bird_big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/wild-europe-nature-pictures/index.html">PICTURES: Wild Europe Exposed by Giant Photo Project</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=248280">Wisconsin: Officials: No bird feeders in summer</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/the-environmental-risks-of-arctic-shipping-ready-for-tom-to-publish-mon/">The Environmental Risks of Arctic Shipping</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20090629/NEWS01/906290313">APSU part of effort to prevent white-nose syndrome in bats</a> [Tennessee]</li><li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-electrified-reef28-2009jun28,0,5720104.story?track=rss">Electrified coral reef off Florida gets federal OK</a></li><li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/29/2610922.htm?section=australia">Calls for detailed Tarkine devil survey</a> [Tasmania]</li><li><a href="http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jun2509gisaid-br.html">Pandemic reveals strengths of new flu database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ep=100">Bees Are Not an Option</a> [USGS CoreCast - audio broadcast]</li><li><a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/features/The-plight-of-the-honeybee.5410251.jp">The plight of the honeybee</a> [United Kingdom]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625074625.htm">DNA Patterns Of Microbes</a> [causes leading to bacteria becoming pathogenic]<br /><strong></strong></li></ul><strong></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Interesting or Good News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17354-animal-autopsy/1">Animal autopsy: Inside the world's biggest animals </a> [slideshow]</li><li><a href="http://www.kare11.com/news/whatsup/whatsup_article.aspx?storyid=818413&catid=333">Canadian wildlife official performs CPR on bear</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 15px; height: 11px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span></div> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000452"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virus and host determinants of west nile virus pathogenesis</span></a><br />PLoS Pathog. 2009 Jun;5(6):e1000452 [free full-text available]<br />MS Diamond<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.024">Space-time Bayesian survival modeling of chronic wasting disease in deer</a><br />Prev Vet Med. 2009 Jun 22<br />HR Song and A Lawson<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000479">Selective processing and metabolism of disease-causing mutant prion proteins</a><br />PLoS Pathog. 2009 Jun;5(6):e1000479. Epub 2009 Jun 19<br />A Ashok and RS Hegde<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/600818">Primary Pneumonic Plague Contracted from a Mountain Lion Carcass</a><br />Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jun 25. [Epub ahead of print]<br />D Wong et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-7785733277187548425?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/Uni0zkbtCj0" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/Uni0zkbtCj0/httpwwwbloggercomimgblankgif.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/httpwwwbloggercomimgblankgif.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5271566245111525535</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-29T00:01:07.306-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uwyo.edu/images/webimages/2009/June2009/vetlabweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 174px;" src="http://www.uwyo.edu/images/webimages/2009/June2009/vetlabweb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Work Begins on a Critical Domestic Herd, Wildlife Disease Research and Testing Facility</span></span><br />University of Wyoming - www.uwyo.edu<br />23 Jun 2009<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo courtesy of UN of Wyoming</span><br /><br />In about two years, a new $24.9 million biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory will house critical research and testing on diseases that infect both domestic and wildlife herds in Wyoming.<br /><br />A BSL-3 laboratory allows disease agents like brucellosis, plague, tularemia and Q fever to be studied in a safe environment.<br /><br />"When complete, the BSL-3 laboratory will significantly increase our ability to diagnose and then do needed research about these disease agents," said Frank Galey, dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wyoming.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=32421">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span></span><br /></div><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12691224"></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12691224"> >>> To stop disease spreading, bighorn hunt OK'd</a><br /><a href="http://powelltribune.com/index.php/content/view/1278/2/">>>> Brucellosis elimination </a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090626084636.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 199px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090626084636.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Global Sunscreen Won't Save Corals</span></span><br />Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />2009 Jun 26<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo courtesy of Science Daily</span><br /><br />Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would do little to stop the acidification of the world oceans that threatens coral reefs and other marine life, report the authors of a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The culprit is atmospheric carbon dioxide, which even in a cooler globe will continue to be absorbed by seawater, creating acidic conditions.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090616133938.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL037488">Sensitivity of ocean acidification to geoengineered climate stabilization</a>. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 28 May 2009. HD Matthews et al.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Coral Related News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626084636.htm"> >>> Corals Stay Close to Home</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3590">>>> Norway scores top marks for conserving cold corals</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092406-19338.html">>>> Storms cripple reef renewal</a> [cited journal article - <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.001">Hurricanes and coral bleaching linked to changes in coral recruitment in Tobago</a>. Marine Environmental Research. 2009; J Mallela et al.]<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.graytvinc.com/images/silver+carp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://media.graytvinc.com/images/silver+carp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mysterious Virus Killing Fish in Smith Mountain Lake</span></span><br />Newsplex.com - www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv<br />25 Jun 2009<br />Location: Virginia, USA - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"></a><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Smith%20Mountain%20Lake,%20Bedford%20County,%20Virginia,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of Newsplex</span></span><br /><br />A mysterious virus is killing fish in Smith Mountain Lake, and it's only attacking carp. . . . People who live along the lake say they pick eight to twelve dead fish a week out of the lake.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/49109857.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes video]<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Montana finds no chronic wasting disease in 2009</span></span><br />KXNet.com - www.kxmc.com (source: Associated Press)<br />26 Jun 2009<br /><br />Montana wildlife officials tested about 2,000 deer, elk and Moose collected during the 2008-2009 hunting season and did not detect chronic wasting disease in any of the animals tested.<br /><br />. . . Over the past 11 years the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has tested more than 14,000 wild elk and deer in Montana for CWD and has not yet found any evidence of the disease.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kxmc.com/News/397134.asp">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Deer Disease News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2009/06/22/ag_news/livestock_news/live5.txt">>>> Wildlife tested for CWD, TB have been negative</a> [North Dakota, USA]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?Q=176753&A=11">>>> 2009 Citizen Advisory Committee Reports Posted on the Web; CWD Not Found in Pennsylvania Hunter-Killed Deer Samples</a> [press release]<br /><a href="http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110658">2 Kent County men sentenced for violating chronic wasting disease quarantine</a> [Michigan, USA]<br /><a href="http://www.kxmc.com/News/397134.asp">Montana finds no chronic wasting disease in 2009</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/22/caribou-population.html"><br /></a><ol><li><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/22/caribou-population.html">Caribou Populations See Rapid Decline</a></li><li><a href="http://www.buckmasters.com/bm/Resources/Articles/tabid/135/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1787/Exotic-Louse-found-on-mule-deer-near-Saratoga.aspx">Exotic Louse found on mule deer near Saratoga</a></li><li><a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/antibacterial-agent-found-in-dolphins">Antibacterial found in dolphins</a></li><li><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2009/090615b.htm">New Wildlife Health Strategy will help tackle disease</a></li><li><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-13230-Manchester-Bird-Watching-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d19-Exxon-killing-birds-again-says-Justice-Dept">Exxon killing birds again says Justice Dept.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090619/NEWS01/906190323/1002">State Fish and Game officials look into mystery of dead fish at Lake Kaweah</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8103000/8103872.stm">2,500-year-old bird's nest found </a></li><li><a href="http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/124514376746280.xml=&coll=3">Fish with lesions being caught around Mobile Bay</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=38656&CHID=2">WNS Not Yet Confirmed In Local Bats</a></li><li><a href="http://www.doh.wa.gov/Publicat/2009_news/09-097.htm">West Nile virus: new online reporting tool to help track dead birds</a></li></ol><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01255.x">Emerging Infections: A Tribute to the One Medicine, One Health Concept</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000458">Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations</a></li><li><a href="http://edrv.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/293">Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement</a></li></ol><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo courtesy of The Guardian</span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/25/1245941255718/Week-in-Wildlife-Ostrich--023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 178px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/25/1245941255718/Week-in-Wildlife-Ostrich--023.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.startribune.com/local/49115222.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUI">Zebra mussel fears now surface in Alexandria</a></li><li><a href="http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/ministers-deeply-concerned-biodiversity-loss/article-183510">Ministers 'deeply concerned' by biodiversity loss</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jun/25/wildlife-animals?picture=349359588">The week in wildlife</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/525652.html">First area rabies case of year confirmed in Arkwright</a> [Chautauqua County, New York, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Arkwright,%20Chautauqua%20County,%20New%20York,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It </a><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625074411.htm">Evolution Of A Contraceptive For Invasive Sea Lamprey</a></li><li><a href="http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_12666437">Sea lion that wandered onto freeway taken to Marine Mammal Center</a> [malnourishment] [California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Oakland,%20Alameda%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Interesting or Good News </span><a href="http://www.kare11.com/news/whatsup/whatsup_article.aspx?storyid=818413&catid=333"></a><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622112758.htm">Bird Migration: Toxic Molecule May Help Birds 'See' North And South</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274820,scientists-discover-new-tiny-bat-species-in-comoros.html">Scientists discover new tiny bat species in Comoros </a></li><li><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/whalepeople/">Whales Might Be as Much Like People as Apes Are</a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_as/as_east_timor_protecting_the_whales">Timor seeks help to protect whale, dolphin hotspot</a><br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-5271566245111525535?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/KdwQLYDnlBo" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/KdwQLYDnlBo/top-stories-work-begins-on-critical.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-work-begins-on-critical.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5384744384067174376</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-28T13:31:27.973-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.livescience.com/images/090624-turtle-tumor-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 202px;" src="http://i.livescience.com/images/090624-turtle-tumor-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cancer Kills Wild Animals Too</span></span><br />LiveScience - www.livescience.com<br />24 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: Cynthia Lagueux<br /><br />Cancer accounts for about 10 percent of all human deaths. If you think that sets us apart, scientists have news for you: Wild animals die of cancer at about the same rate, and it threatens some species with extinction.<br /><br />"Cancer is one of the leading health concerns for humans," Dr. Denise McAloose, a pathologist for the Wildlife Conservation Society, said in a statement. "But we now understand that cancer can kill wild animals at similar rates."<br /><br />McAloose and her colleagues compiled information on cancer in wildlife and concluded that cancer poses a conservation threat to certain species. The team called for greater protection of animals and people through increased health monitoring. They published their research in the July edition of the journal Nature Reviews Cancer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/090624-cancer-animals.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrc2665">>>>Wildlife cancer: a conservation perspective. Nature Reviews Cancer. 2009 July; 9: 517-526.</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated</span></span><br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br />25 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on June 22, 20079 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>> Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090624152822.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090624152822.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: Duke University)<br />24 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation<br /><br />Evolutionarily speaking, baboons may be our more distant cousins among primates. But when it comes to our experiences with malaria over the course of time, it seems the stories of our two species have followed very similar plots.<br /><br />In humans, subtle variation in one particular gene that controls whether a protein on the surface of red blood cells gets made or not literally spells the difference between susceptibility or resistance to one form of malaria. That's because the blood protein serves as the entry point for Plasmodium vivax, one of several malaria-causing parasites that infect humans.<br /><br />Now, researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy report that variation in precisely the same regulatory gene also influences baboons' chances of getting sick, by ratcheting their susceptibility to another, closely related parasite up or down.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624152822.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08149">>>>Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates. Nature. 2009 Jun 24; [Epub ahead of print].</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Summit Daily News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.summitdaily.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SD&Date=20090624&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=906249997&Ref=AR&Profile=1055&MaxW=550&title=1"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 180px;" src="http://www.summitdaily.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SD&Date=20090624&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=906249997&Ref=AR&Profile=1055&MaxW=550&title=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20090624/NEWS/906249997/1055">10 lynx kittens found in 5 dens</a> [Colorado]<a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20090624/NEWS/906249997/1055"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8116000/8116692.stm">Legless frogs mystery solved</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=changing-ocean-chemistry-might-jam-2009-06-25">Changing ocean chemistry might jam fish ears</a></li><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31519427/ns/world_news-asiapacific/">15 rare elephants poisoned, shot in Indonesia</a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/environmentwildlifebiodiversityspeciessharks">Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study</a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_us/us_ocean_ddt">EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit off Calif. coast</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623112119.htm">Coral Reefs Face Increasing Difficulties Recovering From Storm Damage</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bovine Tuberculosis</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:1577499680257559::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,78089">Bovine tuberculosis, cervids - USA: (MN)</a> - Beltrami County, Minnesota, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Beltrami%20County,%20Minnesota,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.drovers.com/news_editorial.asp?pgID=675&ed_id=5639">U.S. Animal Health Association to host TB symposium</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brucellosis</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12678658">Wyoming's expanded vet lab could lead way to brucellosis vaccine</a></li><li><a href="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/06/25/bnews/br33.txt">Tentative deal would replace brucellosis rules<br /><br /></a></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2009/OFWIMJuneNewsletter2009.pdf">Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM) Newsletter</a><br />Summer Issues<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm">Emerging Infectious Diseases - June 2009</a><br />Volume 15, <span id="CurrentIssue"> Number 6</span><br /><a href="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=0022-541X&volume=73&issue=5"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Journal of Wildlife Management - July 2008</span></a><br />Volume 73, Issue 5<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://avdi.allenpress.com/avdionline/?request=get-toc&issn=0005-2086&volume=53&issue=2">Avian Diseases - June 2009</a><br />Volume 53, Number 2<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-5384744384067174376?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/QPAXyMYi2Lc" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/QPAXyMYi2Lc/top-stories-cancer-kills-wild-animals.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-cancer-kills-wild-animals.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6578538576841426772</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-23T00:01:07.687-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES</span><br /><div align="left"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/22/gallery/caribou-324x205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 205px;" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/22/gallery/caribou-324x205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Caribou Populations See Rapid Decline<br /></span></strong>Discovery News - dsc.discovery.com<br />22 Jun 2009<br />E Sohn<br /><br />In Alaska, Canada, Greenland and other Arctic regions, people depend on caribou and reindeer as both a food source and a spiritual anchor. A new study reports that the animals have declined dramatically in recent decades.<br /><br />Overall, caribou and reindeer populations have dwindled by an average of nearly 60 percent, the study found. In some cases, dips have been far more extreme than that.<br /><br />. . . With warming, whitetail deer have also spread further north -- bringing along a parasitic disease that doesn't sicken the deer but does kill the caribou. At the same time, spring is getting greener earlier that it used to, but caribou haven't adjusted the timing of their migrations. As a result, birthing females are missing out on the freshest vegetation and the chance to build up the highest-quality milk for their calves.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/22/caribou-population.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 20px; height: 15px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618195804.htm">>>>Polar Bear And Walrus Populations In Trouble, Stock Assessment Report Suggests </a>[includes link to report]</div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Polluted water endangers Mekong dolphins: WWF<br /></span></strong>Reuters (India) - in.reuters.com<br />18 Jun 2009<br />Location: Asia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Cambodia,%20Asia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Toxic waste in the Mekong River is a factor pushing an endangered dolphin species to extinction, the WWF warned on Thursday, estimating there were less than 80 left in a stretch of water between Cambodia and Laos.<br /><br />Conservation group the World Wildlife for Nature (WWF) said high levels of mercury and other pollutants had caused the deaths of 88 Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphins since 2003, over 60 percent of them calves under two weeks old.<br /><br />Bacterial disease killed many of the calves, it said.<br /><br />"This disease would not be fatal unless the dolphin's immune systems were suppressed, as they were in these cases, by environmental contaminants," said Verne Dove, a veterinarian with WWF Cambodia, in a statement.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE55H1AR20090618">>>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><strong>Related News</strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">>>><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618124956.htm">Large 2009 Gulf Of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Predicted</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">>>> <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/19/trash_bag_leads_death_whale_nursing_calf86549/">Trash bag leads to death for whale, nursing calf</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/06/18/mn-sealions19_ph_0500276257.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 196px;" src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/06/18/mn-sealions19_ph_0500276257.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Sick sea lions present a mystery</strong><br /></span>San Francisco Chronicle - www.sfgate.com<br />19 Jun 2009<br />J Kay<br />Photo credit: Stephan Lam/The Chronicle<br />Location: California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fluctuating ocean conditions may be depleting the food supply of young sea lions that are turning up skinny and ill on California beaches, mirroring the fate of Brandt's cormorants earlier this spring.<br /><br />. . . Scientists agree that the youngsters, born nearly a year ago on the Channel Islands off Southern California, aren't getting enough food. But they're at a loss to determine whether the sea lions' favorite foods - northern anchovies and sardines - are hard to find because they're moving south in response to falling and rising ocean temperatures.<br /><br />That's the suspected scenario for the Brandt's cormorants. More than 500 of the birds, which also eat the anchovies and sardines, were picked up starving or dead in April and May by the Farallones Beach Watch program.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/18/MNV81886FR.DTL">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Christopher Thomond/Guardian News</span> </span><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/18/1245337806010/Common-pipistrelle-bat-008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 215px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/18/1245337806010/Common-pipistrelle-bat-008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/18/bats-streetlamps-streetlights-lighting">Streetlights threaten survival of bats<br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090619/SPORTS/906190322">Efforts to save leopard frogs begins</a></li><li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/19/2602804.htm">Geese hunters banned from using lead shot</a> [Australia]</li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/wcs-hfc061709.php">Help for climate-stressed corals </a>[banning certain fishing gear] <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/wcs-hfc061709.php"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/06/17/Wind_Energy_Challenged_on_Harm_to_Bat_Population.htm">Wind Energy Challenged on Harm to Bat Population</a></li><li><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-13230-Manchester-Bird-Watching-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d19-Exxon-killing-birds-again-says-Justice-Dept">Exxon killing birds again says Justice Dept.</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2009/06/15/news/doc4a36f489c0408895475979.txt">Valley bird species on decline</a> [first ever U.S. State of the Birds Report]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Good News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_re_us/us_condor_hatch">Rare condor chick hatches in Baja California</a></li><li><a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090619/NEWS02/90619001">Vermont falcons rebound: Once-endangered, birds now thriving</a></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es900370x">Survival of the Avian Influenza Virus (H6N2) After Land Disposal</a><br />Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43 (11): 4063–4067<br />DA Graiver et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X09349469">Trichinellosis survey in the wild boar from the Toledo mountains in south-western Spain (2007-2008): molecular characterization of Trichinella isolates by ISSR-PCR</a><br />J Helminthol. 2009 Jun;83(2):117-20. Epub 2009 Apr 24<br />RN García-Sánchez et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://edrv.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/30/4/293">Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: an Endocrine Society scientific statement</a><br />Endocr Rev. 2009 Jun;30(4):293-342<br />E Diamanti-Kandarakis et al.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-6578538576841426772?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/tcb5iicMwSA" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/tcb5iicMwSA/top-stories-caribou-populations-see.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-caribou-populations-see.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2682367040030492658</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-22T00:01:06.411-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WNS Not Yet Confirmed In Local Bats</span></span><br />DNR Online - www.dnronline.com<br />19 Jun 2009<br />J Jones<br />Location: Virgina, USA<br /><br />It remains unclear whether bats found earlier this year in Endless Caverns were infected with a mysterious fungus that has wiped out hundreds of thousands of bats in the Northeast.<br /><br />. . . In April, biologists with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries discovered bats in Endless Caverns, a commercial show cave near New Market, with symptoms of WNS.<br /><br />Rick Reynolds, a state game department wildlife biologist, sent three bats suspected of having the disease from Endless Caverns to a national testing facility in Madison, Wis.<br /><br />On Monday, Reynolds said the lab had trouble culturing the fungus from the bats, making it difficult to determine whether the specimens in fact had the disease.<br /><br />The lab will likely perform other tests on the bats, including a histopathology - a microscopic examination of tissue, but it may be some time before the results are available, he said.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=38656&CHID=2">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Antibacterial found in dolphins</span></span><br />Environmental Health News<br />18 Jun 2009<br />K Kidd<br />Location: USA - Charleston, South Carolina - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Charleston,%20Charleston%20County,%20South%20Carolina,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> and Indian River Lagoon, Florida - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Indian%20River%20Lagoon,%20Volusia%20County,%20Florida,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />For the first time, the popular antibacterial agent triclosan is found in the blood of a marine mammal.<br /><br />A bacteria-killing chemical widely used in an array of consumer products has made its way down kitchen and bathroom sinks and into dolphins living in US coastal waters.<br /><br />Researchers report for the first time that a marine mammal – the bottlenose dolphin – is accumulating triclosan from water bodies where treated sewage is released. The study examined animals from rivers, an estuary, a harbor and a lagoon in South Carolina and Florida.<br /><br />Triclosan is a common additive in soaps, deodorants, toothpastes and other personal care products that is included to help control bacteria and their related illnesses. It is also put into consumer products like socks, cutting boards and garbage bags to curb the growth of bacteria.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/antibacterial-agent-found-in-dolphins">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Cited Article </b><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.002">Occurrence of triclosan in plasma of wild Atlantic bottlenose dolphins</a> (Tursiops truncatus) and in their environment. Environmental Pollution. 2009; PA Fair<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Atlantic Ocean seal virus found in Kachemak Bay otters</span></span><br />Homer News - www.homernews.com<br />18 Jun 2009<br />M Armstrong<br />Location: Kachemak Bay, Alaska, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Kachemak%20Bay,%20Kenai%20Peninsula%20County,%20Alaska,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ocean warming could have caused Phocine distemper to spread here </span><br /><br />A virus previously seen only in Atlantic Ocean seals has been identified in Alaska sea otters, including three dead otters found in Kachemak Bay from 2005-2007.<br /><br />In a paper published this month in the Centers for Disease Control's "Emerging Infectious Diseases," phocine distemper virus was documented in dead and live otters tested by biologists studying an unusual mortality event among Alaska sea otters. Ocean warming and a decline in Arctic Ocean sea ice may have lead to the spread of the virus across the arctic.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.homernews.com/stories/061809/news_10_001.shtml">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/6/925.htm">Phocine Distemper Virus in Northern Sea Otters in the Pacific Ocean, Alaska, USA</a>. EID. 2009 Jun; 15(6). T. Goldstein et al.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cmsimg.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=J4&Date=20090619&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=906190323&Ref=AR&Profile=1002&MaxW=180&Border=0"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 201px;" src="http://cmsimg.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=J4&Date=20090619&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=906190323&Ref=AR&Profile=1002&MaxW=180&Border=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">State Fish and Game officials look into mystery of dead fish at Lake Kaweah</span></span><br />Visalia Times-Delta - www.visaliatimesdelta.com<br />19 Jun 2009<br />D Castellon<br />Location: Lake Kaweah, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Tulare%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Photo courtesy of Visalia Times-Delta<br /><br />For Christina Maxwell and her family, a sunny June day held the promise of a great day fishing and swimming near the Slick Rock Recreation Area.<br /><br />But the Maxwells didn't much feel like getting in the water. The shoreline of the quiet inlet they chose as a day spot was covered in trash and dead fish.<br /><br />. . . Over the past two weeks, visitors and Army Corps of Engineers park rangers have reported large numbers of dead fish on shore and floating in the water. The California Department of Fish and Game has been called in to find out what killed them.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20090619/NEWS01/906190323/1002">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Fish News </span><br /></div><a href="http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/239004"></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/239004">Is stress killing fish in lower Susquehanna River?</a> [Pennsylvania, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=West%20Branch%20Susquehanna%20River,%20Northumberland%20County,%20Pennsylvania,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>]<br /><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=did-the-rat-island-restoration-effo-2009-06-12">Did the Rat Island restoration effort kill 41 bald eagles?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-12-voa28.cfm">Nearly A Million Bats Dead from Mysterious Disease</a></li><li><a href="http://mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-is-the-great-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch">What is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?</a></li><li><a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/611/3?etoc=">A New Twist on Prion Disease</a></li><li><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/story/799998.html">Fish and Game agents shoot and kill sick bighorn</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8095416.stm">Bird numbers decline 'worrying'</a></li><li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801979.html">Maryland to Continue Killing Mute Swans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/species/wildlife/hws.htm">Veterinary surveillance: The England Wildlife Health Strategy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.doh.wa.gov/Publicat/2009_news/09-097.htm">West Nile virus: new online reporting tool to help track dead birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200906091011.htm">10,000 pigeons die of mysterious disease in Sikkim</a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-008-0208-7">Designing Graduate Training Programs in Conservation Medicine—Producing the Right Professionals with the Right Tools</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0209-1">Top 10 Principles for Designing Healthy Coastal Ecosystems Like the Salish Sea</a></li><li><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/v7q42t55n587/?sortorder=asc&p_o=0">The challenges of avian influenza virus: mechanism, epidemiology and control </a>[special issue]</li></ol><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/18/1245342582372/Week-in-wildlife-plastic--025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 178px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/18/1245342582372/Week-in-wildlife-plastic--025.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of The Guardian</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jun/18/wildlife-zoology?picture=349063700">Week in wildlife</a> [photo gallery]</li><li><a href="http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/03/09/birds0309.html">Shifting bird population patterns a mystery</a></li><li><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273816,climate-change-poses-serious-threat-to-oysters.html">Climate Change Poses Serious Threat to Oysters</a></li><li><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2009/090615b.htm">New Wildlife Health Strategy will help tackle disease</a>[press release]</li><li><a href="http://www.wmdt.com/topstory/displaystory.asp?id=13510">Tests Show DE Deer Are Healthy</a> [chronic wasting disease; Delaware, USA]</li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/wcs-tsp061809.php">The straight poop on counting tigers: New study shows that fecal DNA sampling provides extremely accurate estimates of tiger populations</a></li><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2052792720138462::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,78031">ProMed Rabies, antelope - Namibia: Request for Information</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-13230-Manchester-Bird-Watching-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d19-Exxon-killing-birds-again-says-Justice-Dept"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Nile Virus</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12615319">Crow in Sunnyvale tests positive for West Nile, but mosquitoes don't</a> [Sunnyvale, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Sunnyvale,%20Santa%20Clara%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> ]</li><li><a href="http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jun/19/west-nile-virus-found-dead-bird/">West Nile Virus found in dead bird</a> [Anderson, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Anderson,%20Shasta%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> ]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interesting Tidbits</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105667942&ft=2&f=510221">Fluke Footage Shows How Sperm Whales Steal</a>[includes video]</li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17330-why-some-monkeys-are-better-liars.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news">Why some monkeys are better liars</a> [includes video - 21 secs]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Good News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090618-mozambique-newspecies-video-ap.html">New Snakes, Butterflies Found in African Mountains</a> [includes video]</li><li><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Turkey/248390">Glass frog found in Ecuador</a></li><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31445764">Thai Navy Helps Turtles</a> [video - 39 sec]</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2682367040030492658?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/5UKbgALMppw" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/5UKbgALMppw/top-stories-wns-not-yet-confirmed-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-wns-not-yet-confirmed-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2172844576315119023</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-18T00:01:05.847-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.nbii.gov/mammals/nbii_p00180.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 154px;" src="http://images.nbii.gov/mammals/nbii_p00180.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exotic Louse found on mule deer near Saratoga</span></span><br />Buckmasters - www.buckmasters.com (Source: Wyoming Game And Fish Department)<br />16 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: John J. Mosesso/NBII.Gov<br />Area: Saratoga, Wyoming<br /><br />An adult mule deer buck collected from hunt area 80 near Saratoga was found to have a heavy infestation of the exotic louse Bovicola tibialis. This is the first time this nonnative external parasite has been documented in Wyoming.<br /><br />According to Dr. Terry Kreeger, supervisor of Wyoming Game and Fish Department veterinary services, the exotic louse is another threat to mule deer populations. "Although it appears that this current case is a rare finding, we expect the louse to spread slowly over time," Kreeger said.<br /><br />The deer was collected for necropsy on Apr. 3, 2009, by Saratoga Wildlife Biologist Will Schultz and was necropsied by WGFD veterinarian, Dr. Cynthia Tate, the same day. Dr. Tate noted severe hair loss, skin inflammation and a heavy infestation of chewing lice.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.buckmasters.com/bm/Resources/Articles/tabid/135/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1787/Exotic-Louse-found-on-mule-deer-near-Saratoga.aspx">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fish with lesions being caught around Mobile Bay</span></span><br />Mobile Press-Register - www.al.com<br />16 Jun 2009<br />B Raines and J Dute<br />Area: Mobile Bay, Mobile County, Alabama, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Mobile%20Bay,%20Mobile%20County,%20Alabama,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Although a dozen croakers had already been pulled aboard the Press-Register boat Thursday morning, something was clearly wrong with this particular fish.<br /><br />Open red lesions were visible under its throat, the flesh raw and exposed with no sign of scales or skin beneath the wound.<br /><br />A speckled trout caught later in the day also sported the distinctive wounds on its flanks and belly. Its skin appeared dull and seemed to hang loosely to the mushy flesh beneath.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/124514376746280.xml&coll=3">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20090612/SPORTS18/906120350/1058/SPORTS10/Bacteria+said+to+be+cause+of+St.+Clair+die-off">>>>Bacteria said to be cause of St. Clair die-off</a> - Lake St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20St.%20Clair,%20St.%20Clair%20County,%20Michigan,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated</span></span><br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br />18 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on June 16, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>> Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moran Statement on Study Providing Clues to Intersex Fish</span></span><br />American Chronicle - www.americanchronicle.com (Source: Congressional Desk)<br />16 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Moran, Virginia Democrat, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Geological Survey´s (USGS) recent study that revealed clues as to the occurrence of intersex fish in the Potomac River.<br /><br />The study found exposure to estrogen in fish reduces production of immune-related proteins, suggesting that compounds known as endocrine disruptors may make fish more susceptible to disease.<br /><br />"This study provides new clues linking chemicals in our waters to the occurrence of intersex fish in the Potomac. Alarm bells go off when 80 percent of male bass in the Potomac River are found to produce eggs. The USGS study brings a narrow focus and sharp conclusion that estrogen chemicals are negatively affecting our aquatic life.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/106186">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090616080909.htm">>>>Transfer Of Heavy Metals From Water To Fish Detailed In Huelva Estuary, Spain</a><br /><a href="http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Dangerous-levels-of-mercury-found-in-some-Utah/z1C6iSsNnE65v3IYE3sbqQ.cspx">>>>Dangerous levels of mercury found in some Utah fish</a> - Utah, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Utah,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Holger Braun/BBC News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45927000/jpg/_45927832_lizard766.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 163px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45927000/jpg/_45927832_lizard766.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8100897.stm">South America's wildlife wonders</a> [slideshow]<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8100897.stm"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/16/bn16clapper-birds-released/">Endangered birds reintroduced at San Elijo Lagoon </a>[light-footed clapper rails, California]<a href="http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/16/bn16clapper-birds-released/"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/06/16/global_sunscreen_wont_save_corals.html">Global sunscreen won't save corals</a></li><li><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/98323.htm?sectionid=3510212">Iran's marine mammals endangered</a></li><li><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2240&from=rss">Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico Among Highest</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8105250.stm">Noise fear for Zimbabwe elephants</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612092733.htm">Zebra Mussels Hang On While Quagga Mussels Take Over</a> [Great Lakes, United States]<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612092733.htm"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/navy-exercises-blamed-over-dead-dolphins-1706656.html">Navy exercises blamed over dead dolphins</a> [United Kingdom]<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/navy-exercises-blamed-over-dead-dolphins-1706656.html"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/manatee-06-15-2009.html">Population Assessment Finds Too Many Manatees Suffer Death-by-Boat-Strike</a> [Florida]<a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/manatee-06-15-2009.html"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/butterflies/">See Them While You Can: Endangered Butterfly Gallery</a> [United Kingdom]<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/butterflies/"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://en.rian.ru/Environment/20090615/155256430.html">Russian Arctic reserve may save polar bears from extinction - WWF</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8102434.stm">Thousands of bees return to Kew</a> [United Kingdom]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interesting Tidbits</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8103000/8103872.stm">2,500-year-old bird's nest found</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090615203056.htm">What Limits The Size Of Birds?</a></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0229-x">Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Endemic Salamander Species from Central Texas</a><br />Ecohealth. 2009 May 8. [Epub ahead of print]<br />JP Gaertner et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01255.x">Emerging Infections: A Tribute to the One Medicine, One Health Concept</a><br />Zoonoses Public Health. 2009 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]<br />RE Kahn et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps.2008-0052"><br /></a><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps.2008-00527"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inactivation of avian influenza virus using four common chemicals and one detergent</span></a><br />Poult Sci. 2009 Jun;88(6):1181-5<br />EL Alphin et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2172844576315119023?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/7GIPDnT0m5Y" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/7GIPDnT0m5Y/top-stories-exotic-louse-found-on-mule.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-exotic-louse-found-on-mule.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1738482723756176108</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-16T00:01:00.800-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5itCEf9_6Ojt4f4cMHzvra4G7p4RA?size=s2"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 122px;" src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5itCEf9_6Ojt4f4cMHzvra4G7p4RA?size=s2" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sick sea critters aided by Marine Mammal Center</span></span><br />Associated Press - www.ap.org<br />14 Jun 2009<br />J Dearen<br />Area: California, United States<br /><br />A recent surge in weakened and malnourished sea lions found along the Northern California coast is mystifying scientists and keeping workers hopping at the newly expanded Marine Mammal Center here.<br /><br />"We're way ahead in the numbers this year. We have twice as many animals as we should," marine veterinarian Bill Van Bonn said after examining Charcoal, a sick harbor seal.<br /><br />Experts at the non-profit center, located on wind-swept Marin headlands just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, believe the perplexing spike in malnourished sea lions along several hundred miles of coast could be due to a decline in populations of smaller fish that young seals and sea lions eat while developing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jQvk2l_FSQMLUrABlr6Kkom7rIKgD98QI7R00">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV2iPUUCtxU">>>>VIDEO</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.voanews.com/english/images/Bats_Mysterious_Ilness_tv_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.voanews.com/english/images/Bats_Mysterious_Ilness_tv_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nearly A Million Bats Dead from Mysterious Disease</span></span><br />VOA News - www.voanews.com<br />12 Jun 2009<br />Zulima Palacio<br />Area: United States<br /><br />Three years ago, a few hundred bats were found dead in hibernating caves in the northeastern state of New York. The event barely registered for some scientists. By the following winter, the death toll had risen to a few thousand bats, sparking concern among some experts.<br /><br />This year, the death toll could near a million, and has set off an alarm among scientists and farmers. The dramatic reduction in the bat population and and its potential extinction could have extensive health, economic and environmental effects.<br /><br />Hundreds of thousands of bats have died in the northeastern region of the United States. According to some experts, the death toll is close to a million. The bats are succumbing to a disease called White Nose Syndrome, with a white fungus appearing on the nose, ears and wings of the bats.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-12-voa28.cfm">>>>FULL ARTICLE AND PODCAST</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Wildlife Health Strategy will help tackle disease</span></span><br />DEFRA - www.defra.gov.uk<br />15 Jun 2009<br />Area: United Kingdom<br /><br />Defra has published a new strategy setting out a general approach to tackling wildlife disease.<br /><br />The Wildlife Health Strategy, which complements Defra’s Veterinary Surveillance Strategy and Animal Health and Welfare Strategy will be implemented across England.<br /><br />It sets it sights on strengthening collaborations and developing communication networks for wildlife health to enhance and widen the sharing of information and expertise with the aim of increasing our knowledge and understanding of both infectious and non-infectious diseases in wildlife.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2009/090615b.htm">>>>FULL PRESS RELEASE</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/vetsurveillance/species/wildlife/hws.htm">>>>WILDLIFE HEALTH STRATEGY</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: www.treehugger.com</span></span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.treehugger.com/leatherback-turtle-photo3745745.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 153px;" src="http://www.treehugger.com/leatherback-turtle-photo3745745.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13913544&ch=4226722&src=news">Sea Turtle Thrives on South African Beaches</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/story/799998.html">Fish and Game agents shoot and kill sick bighorn</a></li><li><a href="http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090615/GJNEWS02/706159902/-1/CITNEWS">Number of loon shootings worrisome</a> - Meredith Bay, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Meredith%20Bay,%20Belknap%20County,%20New%20Hampshire,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1096589.html">Texas wind farms deploy radar so birds, not feathers, can fly</a></li><li><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093055.html">World's most invasive jellyfish spreading along Israel coast</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildlife Poisoning</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/15/police-raid-red-kite">Police raid Scottish grouse moor after poisoned red kite is found dead</a> - Peebles, Scotland, UK - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Peebles,%20Scotland,%20United%20Kingdom,%20Europe">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jyroYvPjO5xf1nLy6_zJgalXRj6AD98QUR5G0">Official: Sumatran elephant poisoned in Indonesia</a> - Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Riau,%20Indonesia,%20Asia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.<br /></span></span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0209-1">Top 10 principles for designing healthy coastal ecosystems like the Salish Sea</a><br />Ecohealth. 2008 Dec;5(4):460-71. Epub 2009 Mar 4<br />JK Gaydos et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-008-0204-y">Mercury toxicity and the mitigating role of selenium</a><br />Ecohealth. 2008 Dec;5(4):456-9. Epub 2009 Feb 6.<br />MJ Berry and NV Ralston<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-008-0208-7"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Designing graduate training programs in conservation medicine-producing the right professionals with the right tools</span></a><br />Ecohealth. 2008 Dec;5(4):519-27. Epub 2009 Feb 11.<br />GE Kaufman et al.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/q13487738237/?p=82bc28173c1f47edb7760cdf1cd1c2c6&pi=0">>>> See EcoHealth TOC for more articles </a></div><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=60&extmode=view&extid=259">Joint Oversight Hearing On "White-Nose Syndrome: What's Killing Bats In The Northeast?"'</a><br />Subcommittee Hearing Video [1 hour 36 min 36 sec][To play click on "view archived video"]<br />[Shared by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center]<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/611/3?etoc"><br />A New Twist on Prion Disease</a><br />ScienceNOW Daily News. 2009 Jun 11; 611 [Epub]<br />J Couzin-Frankel<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1738482723756176108?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/0ngHEDQPCoM" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/0ngHEDQPCoM/top-stories-sick-sea-critters-aided-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-sick-sea-critters-aided-by.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4626147147744586456</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-15T00:01:00.145-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Nile virus: new online reporting tool to help track dead birds [press release]</span></span><br />Washington State Dept of Health - www.doh.wa.gov<br />10 Jun 2009<br /><br />Mosquito season is here, bringing increased risk of West Nile virus. The Department of Health has a new online dead bird reporting system to help track this disease.<br /><br />This new tool (www.doh.wa.gov/wnv) makes it easier than ever for people to let health officials know when they find a dead bird. Testing mosquitoes and dead birds is one of the ways we track the virus in our state. Information provided online automatically goes to state and local health agencies. There are pictures of birds online so people can easily identify the bird they’ve found.<br /><br />. . . The state Department of Health asks people to watch for dead birds and report them using this online system or contact their local health agency (www.doh.wa.gov/LHJMap/LHJMap.htm). Crows, ravens, jays, magpies, and hawks are particularly important to report because they often die from West Nile infection. Dead bird monitoring is encouraged from June through November.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.doh.wa.gov/Publicat/2009_news/09-097.htm">>>> FULL PRESS RELEASE</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More West Nile Virus News<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2009/june/11/west-nile-surveillance-could-be-cut.html">>>> West Nile surveillnce could be cut</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.granttribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1064:dead-bird-collection-and-mosquito-trapping-begin&catid=37:lifestyle&Itemid=57">>>>Dead bird collection and mosquito trapping begin </a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x820007822/Mosquito-bird-test-positive-for-West-Nile-Virus">>>> Mosquito, bird test positive for West Nile Virus</a> [Kern County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Bakersfield,%20Kern%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> ]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1466811.html"></a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/3591077693_fbe05f2e15_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/blog/Image/3591077693_fbe05f2e15_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Did the Rat Island restoration effort kill 41 bald eagles?</span></span><br />60 Second Science - www.scientificamerican.com<br />12 Jun 2009<br />Photo courtesy of Scientific American<br />Location: Rat Island, Alaska, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Rat%20Island,%20Aleutians%20West%20County,%20Alaska,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last year, one of the world’s most aggressive island restoration projects was launched to poison all the invasive rats on Alaska’s Rat Island, located in the western part of the Aleutian islands. But the extermination project may have taken an unexpected toll: a recent survey of the island recovered the corpses of 41 bald eagles and 186 glaucous-winged gulls – raising the possibility that the birds died after consuming poisoned rats.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=did-the-rat-island-restoration-effo-2009-06-12">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.homertribune.com/images/content/4297_dsc_0255.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 307px;" src="http://www.homertribune.com/images/content/4297_dsc_0255.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sea otters wash ashore in Kachemak Bay</span></span><br />Homer Tribune - www.hometribune.com<br />10 Jun 2009<br />N Klouda<br />Location: Homer, Alaska, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Kenai%20Peninsula%20County,%20Alaska,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Photo courtesy of Homer Tribune<br /><br />Two dead sea otters reportedly washed ashore in Homer this weekend, one a female pup and the other not located before the tide carried it away. Kristin Worman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife unusual mortality event responder, said the baby otter – found below Glacier Boardwalk on the Homer Spit – had suffered no apparent injuries.<br /><br />. . . Biologists studying otters in surveys found them “fat and happy,” fed on the Bay’s abundant sea life, such as crab, octopus and shellfish. The fact that even the Lower Cook Inlet tanner crab populations prove abundant enough to open a subsistence fishery in the Bay tells biologists like Gill that the ecosystem is a good one. (Biologists will announce later in June if there will be a 2009 tanner crab opening.)<br /><br />Still, valvular endocarditis, a virus striking otters and responsible for a number of the deaths, remains a concern. The virus is an inflammation in the innermost layer of tissue that lines the heart valves. Septicemia, a bacteria found in the blood, is most likely the earliest stage of the process leading to the infection. Sub-adult males appear to be the heaviest hit by it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.homertribune.com/article.php?aid=4297">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">June Science Picks -- Leads, Feeds and Story Seeds</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />10 Jun 2009<br /><ul><li>Jeepers Creepers! Climate Change Threatening Honeycreepers</li><li>What’s the Buzz on Bees?</li><li>Data in a Flutter of Butterfly's Wings</li><li>Invasive Damselfish Removed in Only 7 Minutes</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/leads.asp?ID=2235&from=rss">>>> JUNE SCIENCE PICKS</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span></span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/freshwater-ecosystems/cigarette-butts-kill-fish-study/">Cigarette Butts Kill Fish According to New Study</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192028/Pictured-The-largest-animal-lived--tragically-run-passing-ship.html">Pictured: Giant blue whale floats belly-up after being killed in a tragic collision with a ship</a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090604/wl_time/08599190288500">What Is Killing Chile's Coastal Wildlife?</a></li><li><a href="http://scienceline.org/2009/06/04/peeples-environment-animal-borne-disease-lyme-west-nile-virus/">Is Dilution the Solution?: Scientists study how biodiversity affects the spread of animal-borne disease</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/assistedmigration-wildlife.html?ref=rss">Scientists propose helping wildlife relocate due to climate change</a></li><li><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20090608_Pa__orders_all_rescued_bats_to_be_destroyed.html">Pa. orders all rescued bats to be destroyed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.columbian.com/article/20090607/NEWS02/706079966/Wind+project+will+kill+wildlife++biologist+says">Wind project will kill wildlife, biologist says</a></li><li><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1082070.html">Deadly bat disease spreading fast, scientists warn lawmakers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/29/dolphins-death-concludes-motes-38-year-study-its-l/">Dolphin's death concludes Mote's 38-year study of its life</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608125101.htm">Siberian Jays Use Complex Communication To Mob Predators</a></li></ol>Publications<br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000458">Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005725">Using Biotic Interaction Networks for Prediction in Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005725">A New Malaria Agent in African Hominids</a></li></ol><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ospreys photo courtesy of Mark Courtney/AP</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/06/osprey10b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 159px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/06/osprey10b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8095416.stm">Bird numbers decline 'worrying</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/tests_on_mussels_clams_and.html">High levels of lead found in mussels, clams, bait fish in Raritan Bay</a></li><li><a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=973942&lang=eng_news">Study supports theory whales get the bends</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/farming/aspatria_surveillance_area_set_up_after_bovine_tb_found_1_567110?referrerPath=farming/">Aspatria surveillance area set up after bovine TB found </a></li><li><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/09/bird-flu-landfills.html">Bird Flu Survives in Landfills</a><a href="http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2009/article7461.html">Sea debris killing Phuket sea life: marine expert</a> [Thailand]</li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8093000/8093592.stm">Net injury 'disables' minke whale [includes video]</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jun/11/week-in-wildlife?picture=348756040">Week in wildlife </a></li><li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/12/2596251.htm">Development, disease causing Gold Coast frog decline</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611111008.htm">Caribou, Reindeer Numbers Show Dramatic Decline</a></li></ul> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Fish Health News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/06/11/weekly_features/outdoors/56ot_090611_trout.txt">Madison River trout make unexplainable recovery from widespread, deadly whirling disease</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20091206-19285.html">NZ fish killed by water quality </a></li><li><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dead-fish-pond-sw-zone-12jun12,0,6927484.story">Mother Nature is top suspect in fish kills</a> [Columnaris][New Lenox, Illinos, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=New%20Lenox,%20Will%20County,%20Illinois,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Good News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009%20/jun/10/ospreys-birds-of-prey-return">After 200 years, ospreys return to Northumberland</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609220823.htm">Biologist Discovers Pink-winged Moth In Chiracahua Mountains</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/photogalleries/amazon-camera-trap-pictures/index.html">RARE ANIMAL PHOTOS: Giant Armadillo, Bush Dog, More</a></li><li><a href="http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/Earth/2009/06/11/Endangered_blue_whales_returning_to_Alaska/">Endangered blue whales returning to Alaska</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--waywarddolphins0608jun08,0,4035858.story">Dolphins back in NJ river after 7 died last year</a></li></ul><ol> </ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-4626147147744586456?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/B9VhV7lj_3I" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/B9VhV7lj_3I/top-stories-west-nile-virus-new-online.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-west-nile-virus-new-online.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1535303978878233989</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-13T09:06:07.416-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/abc/20090530/videolthumb.181b5aa33be4cb6e970681a228ec13ff.jpg?x=213&y=141&xc=1&yc=1&wc=220&hc=146&q=85&sig=e_RbggzYpQ3S1xs7HX0D8g--"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 141px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/abc/20090530/videolthumb.181b5aa33be4cb6e970681a228ec13ff.jpg?x=213&y=141&xc=1&yc=1&wc=220&hc=146&q=85&sig=e_RbggzYpQ3S1xs7HX0D8g--" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans</span></span><br />Yahoo News - news.yahoo.com (Source: McClatchy)<br />09 Jun 2009<br />L Blumenthal<br /><br />In Washington state , oysters in some areas haven't reproduced for four years, and preliminary evidence suggests that the increasing acidity of the ocean could be the cause. In the Gulf of Mexico , falling oxygen levels in the water have forced shrimp to migrate elsewhere.<br /><br />Though two marine-derived drugs, one for treating cancer and the other for pain control, are on the market and 25 others are under development, the fungus growing on seaweed, bacteria in deep sea mud and sea fans that could produce life-saving medicines are under assault from changing the ocean conditions.<br /><br />Researchers, scientists and Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter painted a bleak picture Tuesday of the future of oceans and the "blue economy" of the nation's coastal states.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090609/sc_mcclatchy/3249010">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.ksbw.com/news/19696206/detail.html">>>>El Nino May Be Causing Spike In Sea Pup Deaths</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>[malnourishment, California]<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">10,000 pigeons die of mysterious disease in Sikkim</span></span><br />The Hindu - www.hindu.com<br />09 Jun 2009<br />Area: Singtam, East Sikkim, India - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/images/icons/blue20.png">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Over 10,000 pigeons have died due to a suspected bacterial infection in the last one month in Singtam in East Sikkim, according to animal husbandry officials.<br /><br />The number of dead birds could be more since the figure was an estimate given to the officials by local residents, the officials said.<br /><br />The officials who visited the spot earlier this month have ruled out bird flu but suspect that a bacterial infection caused the deaths. Samples taken from the dead birds were being tested.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200906091011.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tanzania: Tanapa Says Chimps On Verge of Extinction</span></span><br />All Africa - allafrica.com (source: Arusha times)<br />06 Jun 2009<br />Area: Tanzania, Africa<br /><br />The rare score of chimpanzees currently numbering at about 700 are the next endangered animal species in Tanzania after rhinoceroses, the Tanzania National Parks Authority has revealed.<br /><br />. . . Chimps on the other hand are threatened by a number of predators, including all carnivorous mammals, some human tribes and reptiles. They also suffer all diseases facing both wildlife and the human race.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=19898266&postID=1535303978878233989" com="" stories="" html="">>>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Furl%3Fsa%3DT%26ct%3Dus%2F6-0%26fd%3DR%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.elmundo.es%2Fsuplementos%2Fnatura%2F2009%2F37%2F1244498412.html%26cid%3D0%26ei%3Dy44uSoCDI4WzmQeUoIW8BQ%26usg%3DAFQjCNG1Yxqoelw2U8UOK_zFuJytp-e5jQ">>>>Elephants on the brink</a> [Chad] [translated from Spanish]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3E%3E%3E%3ETanzania:%20Tanapa%20Says%20Chimps%20On%20Verge%20of%20Extinction%3C/a%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cbr%3E%3Ca%20href=" net="" id="1144016253&cid=4"">>>>Kenya on the brink of recording big five extinction</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: NPR</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2009/jun/migration/gazelle_200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2009/jun/migration/gazelle_200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105165068&ft=1&f=1025">As Fences Cut Off Migration, Hoofed Species Decline</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/icl-yc060909.php">'If you can't stand the heat' -- how climate change could leave some species stuck in the kitchen</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17279-caribbean-reefs-flattened-in-just-40-years.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">Caribbean reefs 'flattened' in just 40 years</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17278-junk-food-gives-crow-chicks-a-weight-problem.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">Junk food gives crow chicks a weight problem</a></li><li><a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=31928">UW and WGFD Seek to Unravel Elk Brucellosis Mystery</a> [Wyoming]<br /></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-9946-5">Evidence for recent population bottlenecks in northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina)</a><br />Conservation Genetics. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]<br />WC Funk et at.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.05.010"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Recognition Of Enterovirus Infections In Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) </span></a><br />Veterinary Microbiology. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]<br />HH Nollens et al.<br /><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/v7q42t55n587/?sortorder=asc&p_o=0"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Issue - The challenges of avian influenza virus: mechanism, epidemiology and control</span></a><br />Science in China Series C: Life Sciences. 2009 May<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901308106%20">Natural colonization and adaptation of a mosquito species in Galapagos and its implications for disease threats to endemic wildlife</a><br />Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]<br />A Bataille et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00549.x">Effects of parasitic infection and radio-transmitters on condition, hematological characteristics and corticosterone concentrations in Texas ratsnakes</a><br />Journal of Zoology. 2009; 278(2): 100-107<br />JH Sperry et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1535303978878233989?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/jb96X7CaCp4" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/jb96X7CaCp4/top-stories-scientists-global-warming.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-scientists-global-warming.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4922413665083519121</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-13T09:36:36.572-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-71/solu31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 231px;" src="http://mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-71/solu31.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?</span></span><br />Mother Nature News - mnn.com<br />09 Jun 2009<br />R McLendon<br /><br />As authorities continued their search and recovery mission last week following the deadly crash of Air France flight 447, they thought they had finally begun finding pieces of wreckage from the jet. Various objects floating in the Atlantic Ocean near the crash site were examined closely for any evidence of what happened, until investigators suddenly realized what they were looking at. It wasn't part of the plane; it was just plain old ocean trash.<br /><br />The mistake highlighted a worldwide problem: marine debris, most of it plastic, that begins in human hands but ends up in the ocean, often inside animals' stomachs or around their necks. Reports about these "garbage patches" have been trickling in for years, but they've picked up steam recently. While the Air France mix-up took place in the Atlantic — and these nebulous, tangled trash heaps are showing up all around the globe — the poster child for plastic pollution remains the sprawling Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the world's largest dump.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-is-the-great-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2009/article7461.html">>>>Sea debris killing Phuket sea life: marine expert</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virus suspected in fish kill on Lake St. Clair</span></span><br />Free Press - www.fpress.com<br />10 Jun 2009<br />E Sharp<br />Location: Lake St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20St.%20Clair,%20St.%20Clair%20County,%20Michigan,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A fish kill on Lake St. Clair may have been caused by viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a disease that first showed up in the Great Lakes about five years ago. However, the cause of the fish kill won't be known until tissue samples are analyzed by a laboratory.<br /><br />. . .most of the dead fish he saw were smallmouth bass, along with a few carp, northern pike and perch.<br /><br />"The bass would be particularly susceptible now because of the stress of spawning and the catch-and-release fishing season," . . . .<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20090610/SPORTS10/906100348/1217/SPORTS/Virus+suspected+in+fish+kill+on+Lake+St.+Clair">>>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/osu-hfm060809.php">>>>Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild salmon runs</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2009/06/08/news/02fish.txt">>>>Virus killed Lake Tomah fish</a> [Lake Tomah, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20Tomah,%20Monroe%20County,%20Wisconsin,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/10/dead-fish-again-found-in-va-waters/">>>>Dead fish found again</a> [Virginia, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Virginia,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/story/2009/06/10/clarence-hit-by-fish-plague/">>>>Clarence hit by fish plague</a> [Clarence estuary, New South Wales, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Clarence%20estuary,%20New%20South%20Wales,%20Australia,%20Australia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jun/08/lab-results-herpes-virus-killed-lake-mohave-carp/">>>>Lab results: Herpes virus killed Lake Mohave carp</a> [Lake Mohave, Mohave County, Arizona, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20Mohave,%20Mohave%20County,%20Arizona,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</a></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scinexx.de/redaktion/wissen_aktuell/bild4/buckelwalm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 109px;" src="http://www.scinexx.de/redaktion/wissen_aktuell/bild4/buckelwalm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whale meat makes sick: Whale meat as a health risk from contaminants and bacteria [Translated from German]</span></span><br />Scinexx Das Wissensmagazin - http://www.scinexx.de<br />10 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: NOAA<br /><br />People who frequent whale and dolphin meat, more likely to suffer from memory impairment, Parkinson's disease and immune deficiencies. This shows a report by the Organization of Species Pro Wildlife at the International Whaling Conference presents. Inuit in Canada, Alaska and Greenland are particularly affected, but also the population of industrialized countries such as Japan and the Danish Faroe Islands. In whale are limits for mercury, PCBs or DDT at up to 5.000fache exceeded.<br /><br />. . . An overview of the concentrations of toxic substance from the Arctic to Antarctica is the first time the report "Toxic Menu Pro Wildlife and the Swiss Agency Ocean Care". The result: Whether the Arctic and North Pacific - the pollutant levels in whales and dolphins are so high that their meat for consumption is not suitable. "Above all, the indigenous people still eat whale meat.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Furl%3Fsa%3DT%26ct%3Dde%2F1-0%26fd%3DR%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.scinexx.de%2Fwissen-aktuell-10029-2009-06-10.html%26cid%3D0%26ei%3DzZsvSuydAom2Nem79eoO%26usg%3DAFQjCNHQdN5aQ_tGECe9P-lZEpQhfhpbdQ">>>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Relates News</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-9508-Honolulu-Environmental-News-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d9-Mysterious-Striped-Dolphin-found-stranded-on-Kailua-Beach">>>>Mysterious Striped Dolphin found stranded on Kailua Beach</a> [Kailua Beach, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Kailua%20Beach,%20Honolulu%20County,%20Hawaii,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;">]<br /></span>>>> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192028/Pictured-The-largest-animal-lived--tragically-run-passing-ship.html">Pictured: Giant blue whale floats belly-up after being killed in a tragic collision with a ship</a><br /></div><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Furl%3Fsa%3DT%26ct%3Dde%2F1-0%26fd%3DR%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.scinexx.de%2Fwissen-aktuell-10029-2009-06-10.html%26cid%3D0%26ei%3DzZsvSuydAom2Nem79eoO%26usg%3DAFQjCNHQdN5aQ_tGECe9P-lZEpQhfhpbdQ"></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Furl%3Fsa%3DT%26ct%3Dde%2F1-0%26fd%3DR%26url%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.scinexx.de%2Fwissen-aktuell-10029-2009-06-10.html%26cid%3D0%26ei%3DzZsvSuydAom2Nem79eoO%26usg%3DAFQjCNHQdN5aQ_tGECe9P-lZEpQhfhpbdQ">[Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Barbara County, California, USA - </a><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Santa%20Barbara%20Channel,%20Santa%20Barbara%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" />]</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated</span></span><br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br />10 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on Jun 08, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>> Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: BBC News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45892000/jpg/_45892504_leopard300wcs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 213px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45892000/jpg/_45892504_leopard300wcs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8091095.stm">Afghans issue first wildlife list</a></li><li><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/LOCALNEWS/story/794521.html">Can Idaho manage wild and domestic sheep together?</a> [pneumonia]</li><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=artificial-insemination-breeds-chin-2009-06-08">Artificial insemination leads to rare breeding of endangered Chinese crane</a></li><li><a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25615698-29277,00.html">Port admits to poisoning kids, birds</a> [lead poisoning, Australia]</li><li><a href="http://searching4.co.nz/blog/polar-bears-and-dogs-playing-together-quite-unexpected/">Polar bears and dogs playing together</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> [great video footage]</li><li><a href="http://www.earthportal.org/news/?p=2457">Loophole allows sale of tainted fish without warning</a> [PCB's, Lake Huron]</li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-4922413665083519121?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/SqS92OsZu5w" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/SqS92OsZu5w/top-stories-what-is-great-pacific-ocean.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-what-is-great-pacific-ocean.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7203078569755094978</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-10T12:08:16.351-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://scienceline.org/_s/files/2009/06/robin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 155px;" src="http://scienceline.org/_s/files/2009/06/robin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is Dilution the Solution?</span></span><br />Scienceonline - scienceline.org<br />04 Jun 2009<br />L Peeples<br />Photo credit: Lynne Peeples<br /><br />Shannon Duerr counts excrement. She kneels on the forest floor and, between picking hungry ticks off her arm, carefully tallies a pile of at least ten pellets she has collected. Since more than half of the pellets fall inside a hundred-square-foot circle she has encompassed with a short metal pole and a long piece of string, Duerr estimates that at least one white-tailed deer has passed through here since the winter’s first freeze.<br /><br />This part of upstate New York, Dutchess County, has one of the highest rates of Lyme disease in the country. Duerr is part of a research team that is trying to understand why the region is such a hotbed for the disease, which is carried by animals and can sicken humans. Clad in white suits smeared with deer feces, she and other scientists from the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies in nearby Millbrook, New York are busy calculating the local deer population as a prelude for conducting an unusual experiment.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://scienceline.org/2009/06/04/peeples-environment-animal-borne-disease-lyme-west-nile-virus/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.wjbdradio.com/?f=news_single&id=17112">>>>First Bird in Illinois Tests Positive for West Nile Virus</a> - La Salle County, Illinois, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=La%20Salle%20County,%20Illinois,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090604222430.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 170px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090604222430.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bee-killing Parasite Genome Sequenced</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: Public Library of Science<br />05 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.<br /><br />Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have sequenced the genome of a parasite that can kill honey bees. Nosema ceranae is one of many pathogens suspected of contributing to the current bee population decline, termed colony collapse disorder (CCD).<br /><br />In 2006, CCD began devastating commercial beekeeping operations, with some beekeepers reporting losses of up to 90 percent, according to the USDA. Researchers believe CCD may be the result of a combination of pathogens, parasites and stress factors, but the cause remains elusive. At stake are honey bees that play a valuable part in a $15 billion industry of crop farming in the United States.<br /><br />The microsporidian Nosema is a fungus-related microbe that produces spores that bees consume when they forage. Infection spreads from their digestive tract to other tissues. Within weeks, colonies are either wiped out or lose much of their strength.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222430.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000466">>>>Genomic Analyses of the Microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an Emergent Pathogen of Honey Bees. PLoS Pathogens, 2009; [Epub ahead of print]</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200809/r291666_1248276.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 186px;" src="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200809/r291666_1248276.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Govt may move to stop spread of abalone virus</span></span><br />ABC News - www.abc.net.au<br />05 Jun 2009<br />Area: Victoria, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Victoria,%20Australia,%20Australia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Victorian Government is considering closing more waters to fishing off Victoria's south west coast to control a deadly abalone virus.<br /><br />The virus ganglioneuritis has wiped out abalone stocks in the region over the past three years.<br /><br />The Government wants to close the area between White Cliffs and Aire River, near Cape Otway, to all fishing for up to three months.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/05/2590250.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: ScienceDaily</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090606195747.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 158px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090606195747.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090606195747.htm">Bird Species Decline: Wader Populations Decline Faster Than Ever</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090606195332.htm">Bird Migrations Set To Increase: Added Distance Is 'Considerable Threat' To Some Species</a></li><li><a href="http://www.lakesunleader.com/entertainment/x726825733/Book-review-Birds-of-North-America-a-hefty-and-vivid-guide">Book review: 'Birds of North America' a hefty and vivid guide</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608125101.htm">Siberian Jays Use Complex Communication To Mob Predators</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090906-19271.html">Feathers reveal owls' secrets</a> [Australia]<a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090906-19271.html"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801979.html">Maryland to Continue Killing Mute Swans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/08/daddylonglegs-climate-change">Is the daddy-longlegs doomed?</a> [United Kingdom]<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/08/daddylonglegs-climate-change"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.columbian.com/article/20090607/NEWS02/706079966/Wind+project+will+kill+wildlife++biologist+says">Wind project will kill wildlife, biologist says</a> [Washington]<a href="http://www.columbian.com/article/20090607/NEWS02/706079966/Wind+project+will+kill+wildlife++biologist+says"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090606111040.htm">Beehive Fence Deters Elephant Raiders</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090906-19273.html">Jellyfish boom threatens ocean</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/08/AR2009060801979.html"><br /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.<br /><br /></span></span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268809002829">Critical parameters for modelling the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in wildlife</a><br />Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Jun 1:1-14. [Epub ahead of print]<br />LD Highfield et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2008.0194">Flea Abundance on Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) Increases During Plague Epizootics</a><br />Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]<br />DW Tripp et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2008.0163">Ecology of Rabies Virus Exposure in Colonies of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) at Natural and Man-Made Roosts in Texas</a><br />Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2009 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]<br />AS Turmelle et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.6.6">The Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations: Enhancing Data Management at North American Biological Field Stations</a><br />BioScience 59(6):482-487. 2009<br />JW Brunt and WK Michener<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-7203078569755094978?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/jrUKBlnDEhs" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/jrUKBlnDEhs/top-stories-is-dilution-solution.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-is-dilution-solution.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-3532226707232745060</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-09T00:01:00.744-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/07/080703203258.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 186px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/07/080703203258.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Malaria Agent Found In Chimpanzees Close To That Commonly Observed In Humans</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: Public Library of Science)<br />29 May 2009<br />Photo credit: iStockphoto<br /><br />Researchers based in Gabon and France report the discovery of a new malaria agent infecting chimpanzees in Central Africa. This new species, named Plasmodium gaboni, is a close relative of the most virulent human agent P. falciparum.<br /><br />The research is described in an article published May 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.<br /><br />P. falciparum is the major human malaria agent responsible for one to three million deaths annually. In 2002, the publication of the genome of P. falciparum generated new hopes in the fight against this deadly disease, by the opportunities it offered to discover new drug targets.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/health/02glob.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000446">>>>A New Malaria Agent in African Hominids. PLoS Pathog. 2009 May 29; [Epub ahead of print]</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What Is Killing Chile's Coastal Wildlife?</span></span><br />Yahoo News - news.yahoo.com (Source: Time Magazine)<br />04 Jun 2009<br />G Long<br />Area: Chile<br /><br />First, in late March the bodies of about 1,200 penguins were found on a remote beach in southern Chile. Next came the sardines - millions of them - washed up dead on a nearby stretch of coastline in April, causing a stench so noxious that nearby schools were closed and the army was called in to shovel piles of rotting fish off the sand. Then it was the turn of the rare Andean flamingos.<br /><br />Over the course of approximately three months, thousands of them abandoned their nests on a salt lake in the Atacama Desert in the far north of Chile. Their eggs failed to hatch, and all 2,000 chicks died in their shells. Finally, in late May came the pelicans - nearly 60 of them, found dead on the central Chilean coast.<br /><br />No one knows exactly what has caused these four apparently unrelated environmental disasters in as many months. Global warming has been blamed, as has overfishing, pollution and disease.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090604/wl_time/08599190288500">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bluelivingideas.com/wp-content/themes/busybee/thumb.php?src=http://bluelivingideas.com/images/cigarette.jpg&h=120&w=180&zc=1&q=95"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 120px;" src="http://bluelivingideas.com/wp-content/themes/busybee/thumb.php?src=http://bluelivingideas.com/images/cigarette.jpg&h=120&w=180&zc=1&q=95" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cigarette Butts Kill Fish According to New Study</span></span><br />Blue Living Ideas - bluelivingideas.com<br />03 Jun 2009<br />J Lance<br />Photo credit: roomic cube<br /><br />One of the most common forms of litter are cigarette butts. Once these butts enter waterways, they become toxic to fish. According to a new study by San Diego Sate University (SDSU), filter-tipped cigarette butts are deadly to marine and freshwater fish. In fact, researchers would like to have the butts classified as hazardous waste.<br /><br />Cigarette butts are not biodegradable. The filters are made up of 12,000 plastic-like cellulose acetate fibers that trap nicotine and tar. There’s enough nicotine trapped in 200 used cigarette filters to kill a human!<br /><br />An estimated 1.69 billion pounds of butts are littered each year worldwide, so you can imagine the negative effects these butts have on aquatic life when they wash into streams and oceans. SDSU Public Health Professor Tom Novotny explains, “It is toxic at rather low concentrations. Even one butt in a liter of water can kill the fish in a period of 96 hours.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://bluelivingideas.com/topics/freshwater-ecosystems/cigarette-butts-kill-fish-study/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.earthportal.org/news/?p=2451">>>>Ponds to be restored, but first, the fish must die</a> [pollutants, Tennessee]<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pa. orders all rescued bats to be destroyed</span></span><br />Philadelphia Inquirer - www.philly.com/inquirer<br />08 Jun 2009<br />A Worden<br />Area: Pennsylvania, United States<br /><br />Seeking to halt the spread of a disease ravaging bat populations in the Northeast, the Pennsylvania Game Commission laid down the law: All bats collected by wildlife rescuers - regardless of whether they were sick or injured - would have to be euthanized.<br /><br />The order, issued in response to white-nose syndrome, a highly contagious fungal disease, came just before the busy spring season when baby bats take flight. It has angered bat advocates, who consider the Game Commission's response extreme.<br /><br />"It's a draconian approach," said Laura Flandreau, a volunteer from Chestnut Hill who launched a petition drive urging Gov. Rendell to persuade the commission to lift the ban. She says none of the other eight states where the disease has been found has banned rescue and release efforts. In New Jersey, she said, efforts are under way to treat infected bats in a research facility.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20090608_Pa__orders_all_rescued_bats_to_be_destroyed.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related Bat News</span><br /><a href="http://www.ourprattville.com/lifestyles/family-interests/national-forest-caves-closed-due-to-bat-illness-speleology-groups-affected">>>>National Forest caves closed due to bat illness, speleology groups affected</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cmsimg.gdn.mydesert.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=J1&Date=20090608&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=906080304&Ref=AR&MaxW=318&Border=0"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 176px;" src="http://cmsimg.gdn.mydesert.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=J1&Date=20090608&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=906080304&Ref=AR&MaxW=318&Border=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bird experts note outbreak of avian pox around valley</span></span><br />Desert Sun - www.mydesert.com<br />08 Jun 2009<br />D Goolsby<br />Area: Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Coachella%20Valley,%20Riverside%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Birds in some parts of the Coachella Valley are developing wart-like growths around their eyes and beaks that could be symptoms of a viral bird disease.<br /><br />“It seems to be Avian Pox,” said Linda York, executive director of the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center in Indio. “It's been going around. There's been pockets here and there.”<br /><br />The disease is not harmful to humans or other animals, she said, but can be deadly among birds, especially house finches.<br /><br />York has received calls reporting sightings of afflicted birds from La Quinta, Palm Desert and Palm Springs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090608/NEWS01/906080304/Bird+experts+note+outbreak+of+avian+pox+around+valley">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News </span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/amon-wot060109.php">Wiping out the world's mass migrations</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25566518-30417,00.html">Spray blamed for new bird deaths</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227103.000-dirty-secret-of-vietnamese-wildlife-farms-revealed.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">Dirty secret of Vietnamese wildlife farms revealed </a></li><li><a href="http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/303844">Bald Eagle Apparently Died Of Lead Poisoning</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10452394">Sick, wandering bighorn trailed near Salmon River</a></li><li><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200905290730.html">Central Africa: Scientists Find More Signs of Bats' Role in Ebola</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm">Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen </a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/photogalleries/top-ten-new-species-pictures/index.html">TOP TEN NEW SPECIES: Ghost Slug and More in Pictures</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/assistedmigration-wildlife.html?ref=rss">Scientists propose helping wildlife relocate due to climate change</a></li><li><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/29/dolphins-death-concludes-motes-38-year-study-its-l/">Dolphin's death concludes Mote's 38-year study of its life</a><br /></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications </span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/h506661246414712/">Incidence of Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer Is Associated with Winter and Summer Climatic Conditions</a></li><li><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/03/0809026106.abstract">Environmental transmission of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses and its implications for pathogen invasion</a></li></ol><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: The Guardian</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/8/1244459833007/A-white-wood-butterfly-Le-003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 143px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/8/1244459833007/A-white-wood-butterfly-Le-003.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/jun/08/wood-white-butterfly">Wood white butterfly: Rare, elusive and sadly declining</a></li><li><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/08/Lawn-watering-is-draining-Mass-rivers/UPI-46311244435701/">Lawn watering is draining Mass. rivers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090604/article_403031.htm">Pythons swallow deer population</a> [China]</li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090606/sc_livescience/deerdisorientedbypowerlines">Deer Disoriented by Power Lines</a> [Germany]</li><li><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--eelsontheedge0606jun06,0,3203414.story">Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario</a></li><li><a href="http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=8155">Highly pathogenic avian influenza,China (People's Rep. of)</a> [followup]</li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8089225.stm">Ageing eagles' new chicks ringed</a> [Scotland]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Funding</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.bccourier.com/Pages/story_ranch.php?recordID=090604FR3">TDA allocates $50K deer research grant to A&M</a></li><li><a href="http://michiganmessenger.com/20244/michigan-to-get-74m-in-federal-stimulus-funding-for-aquatic-wildlife-habitats">Michigan to get $7.4M in federal stimulus funding for aquatic wildlife habitats</a></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Browse complete Digest publication library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-3532226707232745060?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/g_hzQCj8EuE" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/g_hzQCj8EuE/top-stories-new-malaria-agent-found-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-new-malaria-agent-found-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2943422358658006084</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-08T00:01:00.892-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadly bat disease spreading fast, scientists warn lawmakers</span></span><br />Miami Herald - www.miamihearld.com<br />04 Jun 2009<br />C Wells<br /><br />A mysterious disease that's killing tens of thousands of bats in the Northeast is spreading so fast that it could reach California within five years, biologists and officials of the Agriculture and Interior departments told lawmakers Thursday.<br /><br />"Never in my wildest imagination would I have dreamed of anything that could pose this serious a threat to America's bats," Merlin Tuttle, a biologist with Bat Conservation International who's studied the creatures for 50 years, told two House of Representatives subcommittees.<br /><br />He called the bat-killing disease, which could threaten eight species with extinction, "the most serious threat to American wildlife in the past century."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1082070.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Bat News </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20090605/NEWS/906050394/1101">>>> Mystery ailment spreads in forests: White-nose syndrome killing bats</a> [includes map]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/hartley/2009/jun/05/bat-disease-spreading/"> >>> Bat disease spreading</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090604/NEWS02/90604026/Vt.+scientist+asks+U.S.+House+for+help+with+bat+disease">>>> Vt. scientist asks U.S. House for help with bat disease</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/819384.html">>>> Bat disease expected to hit Kentucky</a><br /><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2009/06/bat_disease_threatens_humans.html">>>> Bat disease ‘threatens humans’</a><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1244174777241290.xml&coll=1">>>> Annual bat count takes on added significance</a><br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/05/Volunteers-to-check-on-NJ-bat-numbers/UPI-20261244235341/">>>> Volunteers to check on N.J. bat numbers</a><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/20090604_deadduck.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 163px;" src="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/20090604_deadduck.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bird Flu Viruses Can Live for Five Months in Water</span></span><br />Environmental News Service - www.ens-newswire.com<br />04 June 2009<br />Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/island_life/">Island-Life</a><br /><br />There are avian influenza viruses that can persist for up to 150 days in water, a research team at the University of Georgia has shown, advancing understanding of how outbreaks of bird flu begin in wild bird populations.<br /><br />This discovery has allowed scientists to create the first model that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission of the flu viruses among birds.<br /><br />"The environmental transmission of avian influenza among birds is quite rare, but our model shows that it can play an important role in outbreaks," said lead author Pejman Rohani, professor in the University of Georgia-Athens Odum School of Ecology.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/2009-06-04-092.asp">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />More Avian Influenza News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/06/05/bird-flu-virus-can-survive-two-years-in-landfill.html">>>> Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill: Carcasses of infected birds continue to be infectious, study finds</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Estrogen Linked To Lowered Immunity In Fish</span></span><br />Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />04 Jun 2009<br /><br />Exposure to estrogen reduces production of immune-related proteins in fish. This suggests that certain compounds, known as endocrine disruptors, may make fish more susceptible to disease.<br /><br />The research may provide new clues for why intersex fish, fish kills and fish lesions often occur together in the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. The tests were conducted in a lab by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey.<br /><br />The study, led by USGS genomics researcher Dr. Laura Robertson, revealed that largemouth bass injected with estrogen produced lowered levels of hepcidin, an important iron-regulating hormone in mammals that is also found in fish and amphibians. This is the first published study demonstrating control of hepcidin by estrogen in any animal.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603113712.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2009.03.023">Identification of centrarchid hepcidins and evidence that 17β-estradiol disrupts constitutive expression of hepcidin-1 and inducible expression of hepcidin-2 in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)</a>. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 2009 Jun; 26(6): 898-907<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Fish News </span><br /><a href="http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20090605/NEWS01/906050311/1079/Bacterial+infection+kills+fish+in+North+Liberty+lake">>>> Bacterial infection kills fish in North Liberty lake</a> [Flavobacterium columnare (Mouth Fungus); Iowa, USA - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>]<br /><a href="http://www.ksallink.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=9260&format=html">>>> Fish Kill Investigation Reopened</a> [Memorial Lake, Kansas, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Veterans%20Memorial%20Park,%20Barton%20County,%20Kansas,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>]<br /><a href="http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=BK7HSCL1KAM">>>> Bacteria threat to fish on some northern lakes</a><br /><a href="http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/47000282.html">>>> DNR Expects Fish Kill in Some Wisconsin Lakes</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birds positive for West Nile virus found in Sunnyvale and San Jose</span></span><br />Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com<br />04 Jun 2009<br />S Gonzales<br />Location: California, USA, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"></a><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Sunnyvale,%20Santa%20Clara%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Sunnyvale - Map It</a><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg">San Jose - Map It<img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Two dead crows found in Sunnyvale and San Jose have tested positive for West Nile virus, the first infected birds in Santa Clara County this year.<br /><br />The birds, discovered last week, were in the West San Jose area near Bongate Court and Latimer Avenue and in Sunnyvale near Orleans Drive, north of Highway 237.<br /><br />So far, no human West Nile virus cases have been found in Santa Clara County and the Vector Control District is collecting adult mosquitoes weekly for testing. In addition, the district is following patterns of where the dead birds are found in an effort to identify areas of increased risk of human transmission of the virus.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12523314">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More West Nile Virus News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2009/06/04/news/latest_news/5aabc28fae1e1413862575cb0052bdac.txt">>>> Neb. will begin testing all species of birds for West Nile</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead Birds On The Beaches</span></span><br />Coastal Post Online - www.coastalpost.com<br />Jun 2009 News Bulletin Issue<br />K Nakamura<br /><br />WildCare is informing the public that there have been "hundreds of seabirds found dead on California beaches" in recent months. The birds have been found from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area. The cause isn't known. The birds hit hardest are Brandt's Cormorants and grebes; 67 cormorants and 13 grebes were recovered at San Francisco's Ocean Beach by the end of April.<br /><br />All tests for Avian Influenza, West Nile Virus, Newcastle Disease and Domoic Acid, (which causes the deadly "red algae" blooms) were negative. That introduces a number of theories; a drop in food supplies due to over-fishing, climate change and stream run-off from current crop spraying inland. WildCare asks that dead bird bodies be left on the beach so Beach Combers and Beach Watch groups can gather accurate data. Any live and beached birds should be reported to the local animal control agency for rescue.<br /><br />. . . For the first time, the scientific community came together in "a single voice to express urgency over the environmental crisis facing the Pacific Ocean." Meg Caldwell executive director of the Center for Ocean Solutions stated in Indonesia as government officials gathered. If left unchecked, scientists warned, there could be devastating consequences to "coastal economies, food supplies, public health and political stability."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.coastalpost.com/09/06/06.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo courtesy of The Guardian</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/4/1244115775850/Week-in-Wildlife-A-hummin-007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 157px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/6/4/1244115775850/Week-in-Wildlife-A-hummin-007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jun/04/week-in-wildlife?picture=348367684">The week in wildlife</a> [image gallery]<br /><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.300-probiotic-bug-could-save-frogs-from-fungus.html">Probiotic bug could save frogs from fungus</a> [Cited journal article <a href="http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ismej200927a.html">here</a>]<a href="http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/jun/04/plagued-squirrel-marks-first-boulder-county-case/"><br />Plagued squirrel marks first Boulder County case </a> [Colorado, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Longmont,%20Boulder%20County,%20Colorado,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> ]<br /><a href="http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09060456-mosquito-evolution-spells-trouble-galapagos-wildlife">Mosquito evolution spells trouble for Galapagos wildlife</a><br /><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=6849266">Explosion, fire, chemical spill threaten wildlife</a> [California, USA][includes video]<br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/lifeandstyleheadlines/ci_12523416">Nation's largest marine mammal hospital opening in Bay Area</a><br /><a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200906041653dowjonesdjonline000951&title=interior-chief-vows-to-protect-birds-amid-wind-farm-development">Interior Chief Vows To Protect Birds Amid Wind Farm Development</a><br /><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=how-to-save-hawaiis-endangered-bird-2009-06-05">How to save Hawaii's endangered birds? Get rid of the mosquitoes</a> [avian malaria]<br /><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_id_bighorn_battle.html">Group: U Idaho knew bighorn disease link after '94</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rabies News </span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.holyokeenterprise.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=676:increase-of-rabid-skunks-has-health-officials-concerned&catid=34:local-news&Itemid=34">Increase of rabid skunks has health officials concerned</a></li><li><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_12525353">Rabies on the rise in Humboldt County fox population</a> [California, USA - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"></a><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Humboldt%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> ]</li><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:431021298890844::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,77805">ProMed - Rabies, fox, human - Russia</a> [Russia - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg">Map It<img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> ]</li><li><a href="http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2009/06/05/breaking_news/doc4a295d1a68817357420089.txt">Bat tests positive for rabies in Perry County</a> [Illinois, USA - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"></a><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Perry%20County,%20Illinois,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> ]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interesting Tidbits </span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Datagov-Opening-the-Doors-to-Government-Data-54337.asp">Data.gov: Opening the Doors to Government Data </a></li><li><a href="http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-05/it-true-birds-cant-fart?page=">Is It True That Birds Can't Fart?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31108540/">Cell phones allow everyone to be a scientist</a></li><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105012139&ft=2&f=510221">Do Apes Laugh When Tickled?</a> [includes video and audio broadcast]</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2943422358658006084?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/6jA9WX0pDP0" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/6jA9WX0pDP0/top-stories-deadly-bat-disease.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-deadly-bat-disease.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2021488427760631092</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-05T00:00:00.409-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/science-academies-save-oceans-carbon-dioxide-acidification_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 189px;" src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/science-academies-save-oceans-carbon-dioxide-acidification_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Science Academies Unite to Save Oceans</span></span><br />Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com<br />01 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: iStockphoto/Treasureguard<br />L Morello<br /><br />Carbon dioxide emissions are turning the world's oceans more acidic, endangering coral reefs and fisheries, the science academies of 70 nations warned today in a joint statement.<br /><br />The effect could be irreversible for tens of thousands of years, the academies said. They urged countries attending U.N. climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, this week to cut the world's CO2 emissions at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, with additional cuts after that.<br /><br />Without such action, the consequences will be stark, the academies said. "At current emission rates models suggest that all coral reefs and polar ecosystems will be severely affected by 2050 or potentially even earlier," they wrote.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=science-academies-save-oceans-carbon-dioxide-acidification">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601111932.htm">>>>In The Turf War Against Seaweed, Coral Reefs More Resilient Than Expected</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Animal diseases linked to climate change</span></span><br />ASNS News - africasciencenews.org<br />31 May 2009<br /><br />The impact of climate change on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases has been confirmed by a majority of the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE Member Countries and Territories in a worldwide study conducted by the OIE among all its national Delegates.<br /><br />“More and more countries are indicating that climate change has been responsible for at least one emerging or re-emerging disease occurring on their territory. This is a reality we cannot ignore and we must help Veterinary Services throughout the world to equip themselves with systems that comply with international standards of good governance so as to deal with this problem,” explained Dr Bernard Vallat, DG of the OIE.<br /><br />Indeed, the conclusions of the study on “Impact of climate change and environmental changes on emerging and re-emerging animal disease and animal production”, presented by Australian expert Dr Peter Black, the Rapporteur for this Technical Item at the General Session, call for a new approach to prevent these new dangers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://africasciencenews.org/asns/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1315&Itemid=1">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.goodnewsforpets.com/Articles.asp?ID=1298">>>>World Conference Shines Spotlight on Critical Importance of Aquaculture</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated</span></span><br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br />05 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on June 02, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>>Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: ScienceDaily</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090601211429.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 174px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/06/090601211429.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601211429.htm">Nature Parks Can Save Species As Climate Changes</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sunnewspapers.net/articles/tsnews.aspx?ArticleID=438463&pubdate=6/3/2009">Rare sea turtle discovered on beach</a> [Olive Ridley sea turtle, Florida]<a href="http://www.sunnewspapers.net/articles/tsnews.aspx?ArticleID=438463&pubdate=6/3/2009"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.china.org.cn/environment/features_analyses/2009-06/03/content_17880215.htm">China suffers from invasive species</a></li><li><a href="http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1242703?UserKey=">‘Extinction threat’ to marine mammals</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10460865">Scientists use unmanned aircraft to study Bering Sea marine life</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603091129.htm">Black-tailed Godwits En Route To Africa With Hypermodern Satellite Transmitters</a></li><li><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-06-02-voa40.cfm">As Wildlife Dies, Kenya Considers Pesticide Ban</a> [Furadan]</li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ialxrUMNbIXKGSxySH8_xdzSMi3wD98IMEQG0">Attempt to smuggle 120 tortoises foiled in Poland</a></li><li><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20090603_ap_bluefishstripedbassadvisoriesissuedineast.html">Bluefish, striped bass advisories issued in East</a> [PCB's]</li><li><br /></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-009-9342-7">Effects of Exposure to Heavy Metals on Viability, Maturation, Fertilization, and Embryonic Development of Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Oocytes In Vitro</a><br />Journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]<br />S Nandi<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005725">Using Biotic Interaction Networks for Prediction in Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases</a><br />PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(5): e5725<br />CR Stephens et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000458">Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations</a><br />PLoS Pathog. 2009; 5(5): e1000458<br />TY James et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2021488427760631092?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/ASbUmhu9qLQ" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/ASbUmhu9qLQ/top-stories-science-academies-unite-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-science-academies-unite-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2411260953680310998</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-04T00:00:00.601-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45854000/jpg/_45854959_007422741-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 170px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45854000/jpg/_45854959_007422741-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mosquito threat to giant tortoise</span></span><br />BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk<br />02 Jun 2009<br />M McGrath<br />Photo credit: PA<br />Area: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador<br /><br />The famous Galapagos giant tortoises could be at serious risk from mosquitoes that have developed a taste for reptile blood, experts have warned.<br /><br />Scientists say increased tourism means there is now a greater risk of a disease-carrying insect being transported to the islands.<br /><br />Local mosquitoes that have evolved to feed on reptiles could then pick up the diseases and pass them on.<br /><br />Galapagos wildlife has little immunity to mosquitoes due to their isolation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8078287.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Growth to blame for rise in rabies</span></span><br />Augusta Chronicle - chronicle.augusta.com<br />31 May 2009<br />R Pavey<br />Area: Columbia County, Georgia<br /><br />. . . Rabies, a dangerous viral disease rarely seen in most areas, has taken on new importance in Columbia County and similar communities where rapid growth has forced more humans to interact with wildlife.<br /><br />"We had 12 cases here last year -- a record for us," Mrs. Fulmer said. "We normally run just four or five a year. So far this year, though, we've already had six cases."<br /><br />The county's recent rabies cases have included some unusual incidents.<br /><br />"Last year, we had the coyote and the cows," she said, referring to an incident in July in which a rabid coyote attacked a dozen cattle near Appling. One cow that was bitten developed symptoms of rabies and was euthanized; the remaining cows were released from quarantine after six months.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/31/met_525920.shtml">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/resizer.php?max=150&src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northcountrypublicradio.org%2Fnews%2Fimages%2Fbatresearch2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 120px;" src="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/resizer.php?max=150&src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northcountrypublicradio.org%2Fnews%2Fimages%2Fbatresearch2008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">As "white nose" syndrome spreads, green groups want more funds for bat research</span></span><br />North Country Public Radio - www.northcountrypublicradio.org<br />02 Jun 2009<br />Photo credit: Brian Mann<br />Area: United States<br /><br />On Thursday morning in Washington DC, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on "white nose" syndrome. The mysterious ailment was first identified in upstate New York. It has since spread across the Northeast, killing hundreds of thousands of bats. Green groups are urging Congress to commit millions of dollars for new research and response efforts. Brian Mann spoke with Mollie Matteson in Richmond, Vermont. She’s with a group called the Center for Biological Diversity.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13656/as-white-nose-syndrome-spreads-green-groups-want-more-funds-for-bat-research">>>>PODCAST</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related Bat News</span><br /><a href="http://www.cavebiota.com/">>>>The Battle for Bats: White Nose Syndrome</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=conservation-setback-may-doom-chris-2009-05-29">>>>Conservation setback may doom Christmas Island pipistrelle bat to extinction</a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8079000/8079476.stm">>>>'Nature's ghosts' caught on film</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Step Closer to Understanding Fish Health in Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />03 Jun 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Estrogen Linked to Lowered Immunity in Fish</span><br /><br />Exposure to estrogen reduces production of immune-related proteins in fish. This suggests that certain compounds, known as endocrine disruptors, may make fish more susceptible to disease.<br /><br />The research may provide new clues for why intersex fish, fish kills and fish lesions often occur together in the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. The tests were conducted in a lab by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey.<br /><br />The study, led by USGS genomics researcher Dr. Laura Robertson, revealed that largemouth bass injected with estrogen produced lowered levels of hepcidin, an important iron-regulating hormone in mammals that is also found in fish and amphibians. This is the first published study demonstrating control of hepcidin by estrogen in any animal.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2228">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/206595">>>>Officials investigate fish kills in area waterways</a> - West Virginia, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=West%20Virginia,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/03/virus_suspected_carp_deaths84613/">>>>Virus suspected in carp deaths</a> [South Carolina]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/photos/large/CPT108_20090601162833_Provincial_06-02-09_3ABLEVB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 131px;" src="http://thechronicleherald.ca/photos/large/CPT108_20090601162833_Provincial_06-02-09_3ABLEVB.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is no creature safe from the flu?</span></span><br />Chronicle Herald - thechronicleherald.ca<br />02 Jun 2009<br />H Branswell<br />Photo credit: <span><span class="caption">Ken Bohn / Zoological Society of San Diego</span></span><br />Area: Tennessee, United States<br /><br />. . . The February 2007 outbreak, involving 11 adult giant anteaters at Tennessee’s Nashville zoo, is reported in an article that will be published in the July issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. All the anteaters survived the illness.<br /><br />Beyond the initial "Even anteaters?" reaction, some who study influenza profess to be less taken aback than Kennedy and her co-authors.<br /><br />The virus is so unpredictable, scientists who work in the field expect the unexpected.<br /><br />"Mainly it’s an indication of how much we don’t know, and the promiscuity of flu in terms of being able to change hosts and infect and adapt to new situations," says Dr. Jeffrey Hall, who last November added raccoons to the lengthening list of flu’s hosts.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1125185.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2009/06/02/News/Uga-Study.Indirect.Transmission.Can.Trigger.Bird.Influenza.Outbreaks-3745695.shtml">>>>UGA study: Indirect transmission can trigger bird influenza outbreaks</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: The Telegraph</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01414/White-Lions-8_1414266i.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 166px;" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01414/White-Lions-8_1414266i.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5422415/Rare-White-Lions-in-South-Africa.html">Rare White Lions in South Africa</a></li><li><a href="http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=402110">Officials aim to protect deer at Elk Run</a> [CWD, Minnesota]</li><li><a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/06/01/EPA-asked-to-ban-use-of-lead-tire-weights/UPI-52481243879090/">EPA asked to ban use of lead tire weights</a></li><li><a href="http://media-newswire.com/release_1092069.html">Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Maintains Full Accreditation</a> [Wisconsin]</li><li><a href="http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=7522">Scripps Florida researchers develop new test for mad cow prions</a></li><li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/090601-penguin-poo-map.html">Penguin Poop Monitored from Space</a></li><li><a href="http://www.travelvideo.tv/news/united-states-southeast/06-01-2009/key-wests-new-vandenberg-artificial-reef-set-to-open-saturday">Key West’s New Vandenberg Artificial Reef Set To Open Saturday</a></li><li><a href="http://www.enterprisenews.com/lifestyle/x313668476/READY-SET-CRAWL-138-endangered-turtles-released-in-Middleboro">VIDEO EXTRA: 138 endangered turtles released in Middleboro</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079539.stm">Birds in cities 'singing louder'</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8078234.stm">Film warns of 'world without fish'</a></li><li><a href="http://fora.tv/2009/04/16/Call_of_the_Killer_Whale_Jean-Michel_Cousteau#Jean-Michel_Cousteau_Explains_the_Danger_of_Farmed_Fish">Jean-Michel Cousteau Explains the Danger of Farmed Fish</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/03/0809026106.abstract">Environmental transmission of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses and its implications for pathogen invasion</a><br /><span class="slug-metadata-note ahead-of-print"><span class="slug-ahead-of-print-date">PNAS. 2009 Jun 03; [Epub ahead of print]<br /></span></span>P Rohania et al .<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20675"><br />Interactions between zoo-housed great apes and local wildlife</a><br />Am J Primatol. 2009 Jun;71(6):458-65<br />SR Ross et al.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/h7u724881x23/?p=14142f09942e44d9877d44b80c8f357c&pi=0">Journal European Journal of Wildlife Research</a> - June 2009<br />Volume 55, Number 3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2411260953680310998?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/c-DWVWzT0TY" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/c-DWVWzT0TY/top-stories-mosquito-threat-to-giant.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-mosquito-threat-to-giant.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5720485331679464912</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-03T00:00:01.215-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spray blamed for new bird deaths</span></span><br />The Australian - www.theaustralian.news.com.au<br />01 Jun 2009<br />A O'Brien<br />Area: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Perth,%20Western%20Australia,%20Australia,%20Australia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />BIRDS are again dropping dead from the sky in a new toxic drama in Western Australia.<br /><br />Nearly 200 ibises, ravens, gulls, ducks and a pelican were found dead or frothing and convulsing in Perth at the weekend.<br /><br />The discovery comes a year after the mysterious mass death of 200 birds only a few kilometres away and two years after the Esperance lead contamination scandal which emptied the skies over the holiday town of Esperance for months when thousands of birds were poisoned.<br /><br />The Department of Environment and Conservation yesterday blamed the latest deaths on the pesticide Fenthion, but said it was unclear whether it was a deliberate bird poisoning or had been caused by someone illegally dumping pesticide.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25566518-30417,00.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mysterious fish disease breaks out in Mwinilunga</span></span><br />Lusaka Times - www.lusakatimes.com<br />01 June 2009<br />Area: Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, Zambia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Mwinilunga,%20North-Western,%20Zambia,%20Africa">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A mysterious fish disease has broken out in chief Ntambu’s area in Mwinilunga district of Northwestern province.<br /><br />The rivers affected by the mysterious fish disease include Kabompo, Kasanjiko and Muzhimbezi. Speaking to ZANIS in an interview, chief Ntambu disclosed that the mysterious fish disease that has hit his area broke out last month and has since deteriorated.<br /><br />The traditional ruler disclosed that the affected fish develop sores all over the trunk (body). He said the development has raised concern among the local people, especially those who depend on fish for their livelihood.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Mwinilunga Veterinary and Livestock Development officer-in-charge, Allan Lizambi has cautioned the people in chief Ntambu’s area to refrain from eating the affected fish.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=13274">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Studies shed light on collapse of coral reefs</span></span><br />EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org (Source: Oregon State University)<br />28 May 2009<br /><br />An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what it will take for them to survive a gauntlet of climate change and ocean acidification.<br /><br />Corals, it appears, have a genetic complexity that rivals that of humans, have sophisticated systems of biological communication that are being stressed by global change, and are only able to survive based on proper function of an intricate symbiotic relationship with algae that live within their bodies.<br /><br />After being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in these biological and communication systems are the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of coral reef ecosystems around the world, scientists will report tomorrow in the journal Science.<br /><br />The research was funded in part by the National Science Foundation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/osu-ssl052209.php">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.fosterfollynews.com/news/2009May27Watchthecoralreefsforeffectsofclimatechange.php">>>>Watch The Coral Reefs For Effects Of Climate Change</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: BBC News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45839000/jpg/_45839919_bde3b5c9644ed80fd9b8f8c0879da266.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 230px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45839000/jpg/_45839919_bde3b5c9644ed80fd9b8f8c0879da266.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8072000/8072511.stm">Rare Madagascan tortoises stolen</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uobc-ewt060109.php">Elevated water temperature and acidity boost growth of key sea star species: UBC researchers</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8076205.stm">Rare bumblebee coming back to UK</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/amon-wot060109.php">Wiping out the world's mass migrations</a></li><li><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/28/baby-panda-thailand.html">Rare Baby Panda Born in Thai Zoo</a></li><li><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0528-hance_coextinctions.html">The unknown role of coextinctions in the current extinction crisis</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227103.000-dirty-secret-of-vietnamese-wildlife-farms-revealed.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">Dirty secret of Vietnamese wildlife farms revealed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090531185145.htm">Cuckoo Joins List Of Threatened Birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=105444&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=Environment&videoChannel=74">World's tiniest monkey under threat</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104768337&ft=1&f=1007">In 1929, Parrot Fever Gripped The Country</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 13px; height: 13px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-5720485331679464912?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/QkVX4jQesZ8" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/QkVX4jQesZ8/top-stories-spray-blamed-for-new-bird.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-spray-blamed-for-new-bird.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-895213682136226013</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-02T00:00:01.826-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/media/serve/20090324--093611-wor_15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 144px;" src="http://www.timesofmalta.com/media/serve/20090324--093611-wor_15.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beached whales drama in S Africa</span></span><br />BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk<br />30 May 2009<br />Photo credit: www.timesofmalta.com<br />Area: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Cape%20Town,%20Western%20Cape,%20South%20Africa,%20Africa">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />South African rescue teams have managed to return to the water 20 false killer whales which beached near Cape Town but others have had to be put down.<br /><br />Bulldozers were used to try to push the 55 adults and calves back into the water as high winds and waves hampered the rescue operation.<br /><br />The whales, about 3m (10ft) long, are common to the waters off South Africa.<br /><br />It is unclear how the mammals became stranded and some which were returned to the water swam back to the beach.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8075250.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 13px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/30/BA2217U58L.DTL">>>>Sea lion rescued from Richmond road dies</a> - Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Richmond,%20Contra%20Costa%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sick, wandering bighorn trailed near Salmon River</span></span><br />KPVI - www.kpvi.com (Source: Associated Press)<br />31 May 2009<br />Area: Salmon River Canyon, Idaho, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Salmon%20River%20Canyon,%20Nez%20Perce%20County,%20Idaho,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The hunt is on for a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ram believed to be sick with pneumonia.<br /><br />It's a race wildlife officials say could mean life and death for other members of the wild herd in the Salmon River canyon.<br /><br />Idaho Fish and Game wildlife managers are trying to kill the ram, to keep it from spreading disease to the roughly 100 other bighorns that live here.<br /><br />The afflicted bighorn ram was seen near domestic sheep believed to spread fatal diseases and this incident could prove another flashpoint in the contentious debate over how to manage wild sheep and livestock in remote western Idaho.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=10452394">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Central Africa: Scientists Find More Signs of Bats' Role in Ebola</span></span><br />allAfica.com - allafrica.com (Source: SciDev.Net)<br />29 May 2009<br />E Tola And C Scott<br /><br />Bats spread the Ebola virus to humans and play a pivotal role in disease outbreaks, evidence suggests.<br /><br />Ebola, a filovirus, causes fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and sometimes bleeding. There is no treatment or vaccine and 25-90 per cent of infected people die. The virus is transmitted by direct contact with infected blood, body fluids and tissues.<br /><br />The new findings have emerged from data collected in the remote Kasai-Occidental and Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which experienced a large Ebola outbreak in 2007 in which 186 people died.<br /><br />Some members of the research team helped discover in 2005 that fruit bats are a natural reservoir of the Ebola virus (see Fruit bats blamed for Ebola outbreaks).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200905290730.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Researchers seek environmental clues to West Nile, SD</span></span><br />Product Design and Development - www.pddnet.com (Source: Associated Press)<br />31 May 2009<br />W Ortman<br /><br />The challenge of trying to predict human risk of West Nile virus each summer will have researchers studying satellite images of South Dakota and Ethiopia.<br /><br />This ecological forecasting will look for clues in how precipitation, vegetation and temperature might influence mosquito populations and the resulting spread of West Nile Virus in the Northern Plains and malaria in the highlands of Ethiopia.<br /><br />"The basic idea is that if we can understand something about the environmental relationships, the environmental drivers that are influencing the mosquitoes, the virus, the birds — that is going to allow us to do some sort of forecasting of the particular times and places where the risk of disease transmission is going to be the highest," said Mike Wimberly, an associate professor at South Dakota State University and the principal investigator.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.pddnet.com/news-ap-researchers-seek-environmental-clues-to-west-nile-053109/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: The Telegraph - www.telegraph.co.uk</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01410/gorilla-western_1410859i.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 131px;" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01410/gorilla-western_1410859i.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/5389052/Congos-orphan-gorillas.html">Congo's orphan gorillas</a> [photo gallery]</li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hubs/greentravel/5388164/Gorilla-warfare-in-the-Congo-jungle.html">Gorilla warfare in the Congo jungle</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/Defra-s-bovine-TB-idea-bound-backfire/article-1035761-detail/article.html">Bovine TB idea 'bound to backfire'</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090530173402.htm">Illegal Trade In Vietnam's Marine Turtles Continues Despite National Ban</a></li><li><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/05/30/news/wyoming/24-bison.txt">Plan to move quarantined bison to Wyoming stalls</a></li><li><a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090529-NEWS-90529028">Red tide hits area shellfish beds</a> [New Hampshire]</li><li><a href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/01/wind-farms-impact-on-sage-grouse-part-of-stimulus/">Wind farms’ impact on sage grouse part of stimulus study</a></li><li><a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25555791-5006012,00.html">Don't let zoonosis bug you</a></li><li><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1697500/bird_flu_remains_infectious_up_to_600_days_in_municipal/">Bird Flu Remains Infectious Up To 600 Days In Municipal Landfills</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8077262.stm">Help wanted to write book of life</a></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005729">Migration of Whooper Swans and Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus in Eastern Asia</a><br />PLoS ONE. 2009 May 28 [Epub ahead of print]<br />SH Newman et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-895213682136226013?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/shouMPZ_DNc" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/shouMPZ_DNc/top-stories-beached-whales-drama-in-s.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-beached-whales-drama-in-s.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2858899574668731900</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-01T00:01:00.599-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Stingrays suffer from contact with wildlife tourists</span></span><br />The Hindu - www.hindu.com (source: Guardian News Service)<br />30 May 2009<br />D Adam<br /><br />. . . A study has revealed that stingrays at a tourist hotspot in the Cayman Islands are suffering because of all the human attention. The Grand Cayman sandbank, known as Stingray City, is regularly swamped with up to 2,500 visitors at a time, most of whom have paid handsomely for the chance to feed, stroke and swim with the creatures.<br /><br />The study highlights the risks to animals posed by the growing "wildlife tourism" industry. Experts say wild populations of creatures such as dolphins, penguins and sharks are also affected by increased contact with curious people.<br /><br />The study was one of the first to investigate the direct effects on the physiology of animals involved in such tourism. Blood tests showed that the stingrays at Stingray City had weaker immune systems and were in poorer health than animals not disturbed by tourists, perhaps making them more vulnerable to disease and storms.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">>>> <a href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200905300921.htm">FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/05/090528142819.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 317px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/05/090528142819.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why Coral Reefs Around The World Are Collapsing</span></span><br />Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />29 May 2009<br />Photo courtesy of Science Daily<br /><br />An explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing and what it will take for them to survive a gauntlet of climate change and ocean acidification.<br /><br />Corals, it appears, have a genetic complexity that rivals that of humans, have sophisticated systems of biological communication that are being stressed by global change, and are only able to survive based on proper function of an intricate symbiotic relationship with algae that live within their bodies.<br /><br />After being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in these biological and communication systems are the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of coral reef ecosystems around the world, scientists report . . .<br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142819.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Article </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1172540">What Determines Coral Health</a>? - Science. 2009<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Climate Change News </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5juSZWAzuXVVSJDgWOtwbrlbJWalw">>>> Climate change amplifying animal disease</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227104.800-starfish-defy-climate-change-gloom.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">>>> Starfish defy climate change gloom </a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529112528.htm">>>> Counting Sheep In Climate Change Predictions</a> [includes journal citation]<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Bald Eagle Apparently Died Of Lead Poisoning</span></span><br />The Greeneville Sun - www.greenevillesun.com<br />30 May 2009<br />Location: Tennessee, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Norris%20Lake,%20Anderson%20County,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory has determined that a bald eagle found dead on Norris Lake in late February apparently died of lead poisoning.<br /><br />The necropsy (an autopsy most commonly performed on animals) ruled out death by gunshot wounds, chemical poisoning, trapping, or power line electrocution, according a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service news release.<br /><br />Lab personnel, in consultation with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center, determined the eagle's liver contained elevated levels of lead, leading scientists to conclude the eagle died of lead poisoning, the release said.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/303844">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dolphin's death concludes Mote's 38-year study of its life</span></span><br />Naples Daily News - www.naplesnews.com<br />29 May 2009<br />Location: Longboat Key, Florida, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Longboat%20Key,%20Manatee%20County,%20Florida,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A female wild dolphin monitored for 38 years by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program based at Mote Marine Laboratory died May 22, leaving behind two documented generations of offspring to continue her legacy.<br /><br />Waterfront residents found the 46-year-old dolphin — known as "FB5" by Program scientists — on a sandbar near Longboat Key. Mote staff recovered the dolphin, which had succumbed to illnesses and injuries that plagued her for months.<br /><br />A necropsy, or animal autopsy, showed that FB5 had lost more than 100 pounds since her health was last assessed in 2001. She had developed non-healing skin lesions and suffered from organ failure, shark bites and a stingray barb in her lung. Examining her made for a bittersweet evening.<br /><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/29/dolphins-death-concludes-motes-38-year-study-its-l/"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/may/29/dolphins-death-concludes-motes-38-year-study-its-l/">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Marine Mammal News</span><br /></div><a href="http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090527_Pygmy_whale_was_ailing_before_it_beached_on_Maui.html"></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090527_Pygmy_whale_was_ailing_before_it_beached_on_Maui.html">>>>Pygmy whale was ailing before it beached on Maui</a> [Maui, Hawaii, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Maalaea%20Harbor,%20Maui%20County,%20Hawaii,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wvmetronews.com/content/Image/CWD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 191px;" src="http://www.wvmetronews.com/content/Image/CWD.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Seven More Deer Test Positive for CWD</span></span><br />West Virginia MetroNews Network - www.wvmetronews.com<br />29 May 2009<br />C Lawrence<br />Location: Hampshire County, West Virgina, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Hampshire%20County,%20West%20Virginia,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Photo courtesy of WV MetroNews Network<br /><br />Seven more deer sampled in Hampshire County test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. Since it was first discovered in a road-killed deer near Slanesville in 2005, the DNR has been aggressively targeting the dangerous virus. To date, 45 deer taken from the containment zone have tested positive.<br /><br />"Within the area where we've picked up most of our positives, in other words where we think the disease is most prevalent, we're looking at an infection rate of somewhere around six-percent," said DNR Game Management Supervisor Paul Johansen.<br /><br />The containment zone is a radius established around the initial discovery. Although there have been a few infected whitetails found outside that radius, most of the concentration has remained fairly close to the center of that area.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.wvmetronews.com/outdoors.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=30646">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" class="display_only" id="F2400_P1001_SUBJECT" >Avian influenza: Mongolia, China, wild birds</span><br />ProMed - www.promedmail.org<br />29 May 2009<br /><br />. . . Bar-headed geese _Anser indicus_ comprised the bulk of deaths in 2005 and 2006. Results from our telemetry studies of bar-headed geese and ruddy shelduck _Tadorna ferruginea_ marked at Qinghai Lake in 2007 and 2008 show a spring migratory connection between Qinghai Lake (stopover site) and breeding areas in central Mongolia (Arkhangai province). This is the 1st documentation of its kind . . .<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:7635362456411277::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,77721">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">More Avian Influenza News<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://elitestv.com/pub/2009/05/migration-of-whooper-swans-and-outbreaks-of-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-h5n1-virus-in-eastern-asia">>>>Migration of Whooper Swans and Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus in Eastern Asia</a> [includes journal<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/plosone/PLoSONE/%7E3/JYf5KfSYgsQ/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005729"> citation</a>]<br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.thechadronnews.com/articles/2009/05/19/chadron/headlines/doc49f7490c809ac588594149.txt">Texas group fears spread of disease from 3-Strikes ranch</a></li><li><a href="http://kestrelwatch.ahc.umn.edu/kestrel_home.cfm">Announcing the Release of the Kestrel Watch - An On-line Sight Reporting System</a></li><li><a href="http://newsminer.com/news/2009/may/21/dead-boreal-owls-were-starving-not-sickly/">Dead boreal owls were starving, not sickly</a></li><li><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2225&from=rss">Authority on Wildlife Health Named New Director of USGS Wildlife Health Center</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMv_9PjvADmnk_R51W6C8Ly7hrKQD98CS0DO2">Landfill methane towers scorch perched hawks</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090515084037.htm">Trout Disease: VHS Virus Infects Fish Via Their Gills</a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5362693/Leopard-cats-and-racoons-could-become-invasive-species-in-UK.html">Leopard cats and racoons could become invasive species in UK </a></li><li><a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=316808">Vector-Borne Diseases To Be Featured At 113th USAHA/AAVLD Annual Meeting</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=104872&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=Environment&videoChannel=74">Rare baby anteater wows zoo</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/fight-to-save-furry-icon-as-koala-population-plunges/1516404.aspx">Fight to save furry icon as koala population plunges</a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2009.01.001">A terrestrial animal-borne video system for large mammals</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp031">Barriers to movement: impacts of wind farms on migrating birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/2/512">Active Surveillance for Avian Influenza Virus Infection in Wild Birds by Analysis of Avian Fecal Samples from the Environment</a></li></ol><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of The Guardian</span></span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/28/1243505963803/week-in-wildlife-A-meerka-002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 183px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/28/1243505963803/week-in-wildlife-A-meerka-002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/may/28/week-in-wildlife?picture=348043465">The week in wildlife </a></li><li><a href="http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3942&u_sid=10641333">Knox County deer tuberculosis-free, tests show</a> [Nebraska, USA] </li><li><a href="http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1589042">Birds no longer tested for West Nile Virus </a> [Ontario, Canada]</li><li><a href="http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_science/r_5973/">West Africa Veterinary and Epidemiologists meet on zoonotic diseases </a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/28/cuckoo-endangered-bird-species">Cuckoo joins official list of UK's most endangered birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202724.htm">Viruses Are Sneakier Than We Thought</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528203735.htm">New Malaria Agent Found In Chimpanzees Close To That Commonly Observed In Humans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104708411&ft=2&f=510221">Bacterial Ecosystems Abound On Our Skin</a> [interesting tidbit]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Good News </span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090526-right-whales.html">Right Whales Return to Former Killing Ground</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/photogalleries/top-ten-new-species-pictures/index.html">Top ten new species</a></li><li><a href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/05/28/yale_study_most_polluted_ecosystems_recoverable.html">Yale study: Most polluted ecosystems recoverable</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/29/beavers-lochs-scotland-endangered-species">Wild beavers return to British waters for first time in 200 years</a> [includes video]</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2858899574668731900?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/n2iKS8G_xno" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/n2iKS8G_xno/top-stories-stingrays-suffer-from.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-stories-stingrays-suffer-from.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-9216216279958791783</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-28T09:12:49.076-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kestrelwatch.ahc.umn.edu/images/rightcol_img.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 208px;" src="http://kestrelwatch.ahc.umn.edu/images/rightcol_img.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Announcing the Release of the Kestrel Watch - An On-line Sight Reporting</span></span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">System</span></span><br />University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Raptor Center<br />Photo credit: Larry Allen<br /><br />Across the world, citizens are helping scientists monitor changes in the environment and wildlife populations by becoming astute observers. Networks of these citizen volunteers help research scientists gather large volumes of information that they otherwise would not be able to collect. Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count, which began in 1900, is the longest running citizen science project known. This spring, The Raptor Center is launching its own citizen science project called Kestrel Watch.<br /><br />For more information about this new citizen science project or to access the on-line report form visit the Kestrel Watch website.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://kestrelwatch.ahc.umn.edu/">>>>>KESTREL WATCH</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5hNylEWzOaVfnZeSGZzMv5plYw5RQ?size=s2"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 124px;" src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5hNylEWzOaVfnZeSGZzMv5plYw5RQ?size=s2" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Landfill methane towers scorch perched hawks</span></span><br />Google News - www.google.com/hostednews (Source: Associated Press)<br />25 May 2009<br />M Esch<br />Photo coutesy - AP Photo/Hoo's Woods Raptor Center, Dianne Moller<br />Area: United States<br /><br />A towering landfill smokestack offers an irresistible perch for raptors to watch for rodents scavenging in the treeless landscape below. But when flames fed by landfill gas rush upward, the birds are being scorched or burned alive.<br /><br />At the urging of wildlife rehabilitators, the solid-waste industry is starting to investigate where birds may be at risk and ways to protect them — such as welding deterrent spikes atop smokestacks and providing alternative perches.<br /><br />It's unclear how widespread the problem is, but suffering or dead birds have been reported in recent years in New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Illinois.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMv_9PjvADmnk_R51W6C8Ly7hrKQD98CS0DO2">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/05/090522180642.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 198px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/05/090522180642.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: USDA/Agricultural Research Service)<br />22 May 2009<br />Photo credit: Jeff Pettis, ARS<br />Area: United States<br /><br />Honey bee colony losses nationwide were approximately 29 percent from all causes from September 2008 to April 2009, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<br /><br />This is less than the overall losses of about 36 percent from 2007 to 2008, and about 32 percent from 2006 to 2007, that have been reported in similar surveys.<br /><br />"While the drop in losses is encouraging, losses of this magnitude are economically unsustainable for commercial beekeeping," said Jeff Pettis, research leader of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a><a href="http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/pdfs/PrelimLosses2009.pdf">>>>SURVEY ABSTRACT</a><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180642.htm"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead boreal owls were starving, not sickly</span></span><br />Daily-Newsminer - newsminer.com<br />21 May 2009<br />T Mowry<br />Area: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Fairbanks,%20Fairbanks%20North%20Star%20County,%20Alaska,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The reason boreal owls were dropping dead at an alarming rate in Fairbanks this spring isn’t because they were eating sick redpolls infected with salmonella; it’s because they weren’t eating anything at all.<br /><br />Test results on a half-dozen dead boreal owls that were sent to the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., showed that the birds were emaciated, not sick.<br /><br />“They were all essentially starving,” said Susan Sharbaugh, senior biologist at the Alaska Bird Observatory.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://newsminer.com/news/2009/may/21/dead-boreal-owls-were-starving-not-sickly/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kestrelwatch.ahc.umn.edu/images/rightcol_img.jpg"><br /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/images/articles/img200905201242846192.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 144px;" src="http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/images/articles/img200905201242846192.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whirling disease researchers optimistic about Montana's trout</span></span><br />Montana State University - www.montana.edu<br />E Boswell<br />20 May 2009<br />Photo credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham<br />Area: Montana, United States<br /><br />Whirling disease now infects about 150 streams across Montana, but researchers say they are still optimistic about the future of trout fishing in the state.<br /><br />One of the most promising developments, they say, is the discovery of wild rainbow trout that are naturally resistant to whirling disease. Another is the mysterious rebound of rainbow trout in the Madison River, the first Montana river where whirling disease was discovered.<br /><br />"There's hope," said Montana State University ecologist Billie Kerans. "There's some hope for the trout in Montana. Not all drainages have responded the same way to whirling disease."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7221">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/uoi-vah051309.php">Veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092005-19168.html">Death adders eat fatal meal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/disease_leads_to_steep_decline.html">Disease leads to steep decline in New Jersey bat population</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12385866">Calif. condor deaths shows lead still a problem</a></li><li><a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1122784.html">Dead deer give up secrets about species</a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5318886/The-Colours-of-Southern-Africa-the-wildlife-photography-of-Hannes-Lochner.html">The Colours of Southern Africa: the wildlife photography of Hannes Lochner</a></li><li><a href="http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13484467&ch=4226722&src=news">Infected Sea Otters</a> [video]<a href="http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13484467&ch=4226722&src=news"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.scitizen.com/stories/future-energies/2009/05/Save-Birds-by-Promoting-Wind-Energy/index.php">Save Birds by Promoting Wind Energy</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8040000/8040926.stm">Dragonflies face uncertain future</a></li><li><a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_12384984?nclick_check=1">Shore birds in decline</a></li></ol><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0220-6">Incidence of Hemorrhagic Disease in White-Tailed Deer Is Associated with Winter and Summer Climatic Conditions</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00266.x">The importance of disease management programmes for wildlife conservation</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-009-0275-2">Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in wild birds—potential risk for domestic poultry, pet birds, and public health? </a></li></ol><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: </span></span><span property="dcterms:abstract"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Frank Kazukaitis</span></span>/</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">National Geographic News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/e/emporer-penguin-chicks-052209-xl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 163px;" src="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/e/emporer-penguin-chicks-052209-xl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://digg.com/environment/Penguin_Chicks_Keeping_Warm_in_Antarctica_PIC">Penguin Chicks Keeping Warm in Antarctica (PIC) </a></li><li><http: com="" ngs="" shared="" staticfiles="" photography="" images="" pod="" e="" jpg=""><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2225&from=rss">Authority on Wildlife Health Named New Director of USGS Wildlife Health Center</a> [Madison, WI]<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2225&from=rss"><br /></a></http:></li><li><http: com="" ngs="" shared="" staticfiles="" photography="" images="" pod="" e="" jpg=""><a href="http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10392039&nav=MXEF">Health Department Reports of Rabid Raccoons in Worcester County</a> [Maryland]<a href="http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10392039&nav=MXEF"><br /></a></http:></li><li><http: com="" ngs="" shared="" staticfiles="" photography="" images="" pod="" e="" jpg=""><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5362693/Leopard-cats-and-racoons-could-become-invasive-species-in-UK.html">Leopard cats and racoons could become invasive species in UK</a></http:></li><li><http: com="" ngs="" shared="" staticfiles="" photography="" images="" pod="" e="" jpg=""><a href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/reefs-54634-oyster-study.html">Oyster reefs among most endangered ecosystems</a></http:></li><li><http: com="" ngs="" shared="" staticfiles="" photography="" images="" pod="" e="" jpg=""><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bad-news-and-good-news-in-our-emptying-oceans/article1150951/">Bad news, and good news, in our emptying oceans</a></http:></li><li><http: com="" ngs="" shared="" staticfiles="" photography="" images="" pod="" e="" jpg=""><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/25/assistedmigration-wildlife.html?ref=rss">Scientists propose helping wildlife relocate due to climate change</a></http:></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-9216216279958791783?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/ce9IE96DCt8" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/ce9IE96DCt8/top-stories-announcing-release-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-stories-announcing-release-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5671225481776067045</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-27T10:25:00.598-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/Native_Birds/imagesAM/Hawaiian%20honeycreeper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 147px;" src="http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/Native_Birds/imagesAM/Hawaiian%20honeycreeper.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeepers Creepers! Climate Change Threatens Endangered Honeycreepers</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />26 May 2009<br />Photo credit: USGS<br />Area: Hawaii, United States<br /><br />As climate change causes temperatures to increase in Hawaii’s mountains, deadly non-native bird diseases will likely also creep up the mountains, invading most of the last disease-free refuges for honeycreepers – a group of endangered and remarkable birds.<br /><br />A just-published U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) review discusses the likelihood of a forthcoming “disease invasion” by examining the present altitudinal range of avian malaria and pox, honeycreeper distribution, and the future projected range of diseases and honeycreeper habitat with climate change.<br /><br />At one time, the Hawaiian Islands had no mosquitoes – and no mosquito-borne diseases. But, by the late 1800s, mosquitoes had set up permanent housekeeping, setting the stage for epidemic transmission of avian malaria and pox. Honeycreepers – just like people faced with novel viruses such as swine flu – had no natural resistance against these diseases.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2224">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Study ties pollution to strandings of marine mammals</span></span><br />SouthCoastToday - www.southcoasttoday.com<br />26 May 2009<br />D Fraser<br />Area: Massachusetts, United States<br /><br />The Cape is one of the top areas in the world for marine mammal strandings. Animals are sometimes loaded with parasites or are sick. But, despite a long history of polluting the coastal waters, the toll it takes on sea creatures has been harder to establish.<br /><br />Eric Montie, a University of South Florida scientist who did most of his research while a doctoral student at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, believes he may have found one link between coastal pollution and brain development in marine mammals that may explain why some animals wash ashore.<br /><br />In a recently published study in the journal Environmental Pollution, Montie showed how dangerous man-made contaminants were able to bond with a thyroid hormone and make it into the brains of marine mammals.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090526/NEWS/905260347#">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.024">>>>Organohalogen contaminants and metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid and cerebellum gray matter in short-beaked common dolphins and Atlantic white-sided dolphins from the western North Atlantic. Environ Pollut. 2009 Apr 16. Epub ahead of print.</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Marine Mammal News</span><br /><a href="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dead-dolphins,0,4689965.story">>>>5 Dolphins Found Dead Off SoCal Coast</a> - Santa Rosa Island, Santa Barbara County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Santa%20Rosa%20Island,%20Santa%20Barbara%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090523/NEWS14/905230318">>>>'Foul play' blamed for Kauai monk seal death</a><br /><a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R905250833?itemMD5=cdf905419273cf9baec3bb1b478bedc9">>>>Sea Lion Rescue</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R905250833?itemMD5=cdf905419273cf9baec3bb1b478bedc9"> </a> </div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 94px;" src="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/images/fit_coverage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated</span></span><br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br />26 May 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on May 21, 2009 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>> Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bworldonline.com/BW052109/frog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://www.bworldonline.com/BW052109/frog.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scientists find deadly fungus in Luzon</span></span><br />BusinessMirror - businessmirror.com.ph<br />21 May 2009<br />J Mayuga<br />Photo courtesy: AFP<br />Area: Luzon, Philippines - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Central%20Luzon,%20Philippines,%20Asia">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SCIENTISTS conducting frog surveys in two areas in Luzon have discovered a deadly fungus that could send amphibians—particularly frogs—to extinction.<br /><br />The discovery of the chytrid fungus has prompted the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to sound the alarm, and DENR Secretary Lito Atienza has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to formulate a national strategy for monitoring frog populations throughout the country.<br /><br />“We cannot discount the possibility that global warming is promoting the spread of this fungus because according to studies, rising temperature allows it to enter places where these amphibians reside,” Atienza said.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://businessmirror.com.ph/component/content/article/53-agri-commodities/10657-scientists-find-deadly-fungus-in-luzon.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Guardian News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/20/1242833595716/Week-in-Wildlife-Philippi-017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 169px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/20/1242833595716/Week-in-Wildlife-Philippi-017.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/may/20/wildlife-animals1?picture=347729979">The week in wildlife</a></li><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:6505607346525676::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,77660">Yellow fever - South America (30): Brazil (RS,SP)</a> - Itapetininga, San Paulo, Brazil - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Itapetininga,%20Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil,%20South%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092705-19198-2.html">New viruses found and studied</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=316808">Vector-Borne Diseases To Be Featured At 113th USAHA/AAVLD Annual Meeting</a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5358473/Wading-bird-numbers-in-rapid-decline-across-Europe-Africa-and-Asia.html">Wading bird numbers in rapid decline across Europe, Africa and Asia</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">White Nose Syndrome</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/bats-05-20-2009.html">Massive Effort Needed to Save Bat Species From Extinction Wildlife, Environmental, and Farming Organizations Join Businesses and Scientists in Plea to Congress for Action</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/science/26angi.html?ref=health">Fungi, From Killer to Dinner Companion</a></li></ul><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publications library <a href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00058.x">Avian influenza surveillance in wild birds in the European Union in 2006.</a><br />Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2009 Jan;3(1):1-14.Links<br />U Hesterberg et al.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vetsci.org/2009/abstract/115a.html">Genetic variability of the prion protein gene (PRNP) in wild ruminants from Italy and Scotland.</a><br />J Vet Sci. 2009 Jun;10(2):115-20<br />S Peletto et al.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Econtent=g911703641%7Edb=all">Avian Pathology - May 2009</a><br />Volume 38, Issue 3<br /><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01076.x">Review of the Diagnosis and Study of Tuberculosis in Non-Bovine Wildlife Species Using Immunological Methods</a><br />Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]<br />MA Chambers<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-5671225481776067045?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/M4B1B0q15Jc" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/M4B1B0q15Jc/top-stories-jeepers-creepers-climate.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-stories-jeepers-creepers-climate.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1562910232121074273</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-26T00:01:00.121-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/05/090520100515-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 263px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/05/090520100515-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Heat-tolerant Coral Reefs Discovered: May Survive Global Warming</span></span><br />Science Daily - sciencedaily.com<br />22 May 2009<br />Image Credit: Tom Oliver<br /><br />Experts say that more than half of the world's coral reefs could disappear in the next 50 years, in large part because of higher ocean temperatures caused by climate change. But now Stanford University scientists have found evidence that some coral reefs are adapting and may actually survive global warming.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520100515.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related Articles</span><br /><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17182-corals-upgrade-algae-to-beat-the-heat.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">>>>Corals upgrade algae to beat the heat</a><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE54J71O20090520?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews">>>>Snorkel teams can assess climate impact on corals</a><br /><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227094.300">>>>Shellfish reefs are 'most imperilled sea habitat'</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://scienceline.org/_s/files/2009/05/volunteer-mod.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 229px;" src="http://scienceline.org/_s/files/2009/05/volunteer-mod.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Death by Rubber: Global amphibian declines have scientists and volunteers scrambling to preserve backyard biodiversity</span></span><br />Scienceline - www.scienceline.com<br />22 May 2009<br />Image Credit: Lindsay Konkel<br /><br />A ghostly procession of ten volunteers clad in orange safety vests and cellophane-covered headlamps shuffles down the middle of a lonely wooded road in northwestern New Jersey, each staring intently at their feet. It’s a damp March night and the temperature is hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit. These hardy workers are looking for frogs and salamanders to count.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://scienceline.org/2009/05/22/konkel-bio-amphibians-decline/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Caves close as bats continue to die from mysterious disease</span></span><br />Lexington Herald-Leader - kentucky.com<br />23 May 2009<br />Area: Northeastern USA<br /><br />Stay out of caves. That's the message from the U.S. Forest Service, and even caver organizations, as bats continue to die from a mysterious disease called white-nose syndrome. On Thursday, the Forest Service closed all caves in national forests in the southeast for a year. That includes the Daniel Boone National Forest, which has an estimated 1,000 caves. "The closures will allow scientists and land managers time to work together and stop the fungus, learn how it spreads and how to best address it," said Liz Agpaoa, the forester in charge of the region that stretches from Oklahoma to Virginia and Florida.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/804673.html?storylink=omni_popular">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related Article</span><br /><a href="http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090522/NEWS02/905220363/1003/NEWS02">>>>Studies show action needed now to save bats</a><br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/21/state/n123850D37.DTL&type=science">>>>Groups urge Congress to act on bat ailment</a><br /><a href="http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13702854">>>>Cute but contagious</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/tasmanian.devil.threatened/art.devil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 219px;" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/tasmanian.devil.threatened/art.devil.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contagious cancer threatens future of devils</span></span><br />CNN - cnn.com<br />22 May 2009<br />Image Credit: AFP/Getty Images<br />Area: Australia<br /><br />Australia's iconic Tasmanian devil -- widely known as trouble in Looney Tunes cartoons -- has been put on the country's endangered list, environmental officials announced Friday.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/tasmanian.devil.threatened/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related Article</span><br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/05/22/Tasmanian-devil-now-endangered-species/UPI-17251242971882/">>>>Tasmanian devil now endangered species</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30888513/">Listening devices find whales in unusual spot</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hCFEmTC_9f3yvYFHGs0omPCP7YSg">Salmon virus at fifth fish farm</a> - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Scotland,%20United%20Kingdom,%20Europe&z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090521/A_NEWS/90520012">West Nile found in bird in Tracy</a> - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=San%20Joaquin%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=26330">Scotland to consider 'blue zone' status to protect against bluetongue</a></li><li><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6434421.html">Eye on the wetlands: Where have all the Texas gators gone?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=295444&src=3">Lake County signs on to help endangered snake</a></li><li><a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/21/thousands-dead-carp-foul-lake-mohave-beaches/">Thousands of dead carp foul up Lake Mohave beaches</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/coloradowire/22.0.html?type=local&state=CO&category=n&filename=MT--PrairieDogNumbers.xml">Agency boosts estimate of prairie-dog acreage</a></li><li><a href="http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Red-alert-for-European-.5293366.jp">Red alert for European reptiles at risk of extinction</a></li><li><a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/05/20/Pesticides-found-in-marine-mammals-brains/UPI-56101242844478/">Pesticides found in marine mammals' brains</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520122227.htm">Marine Mammals' Brains Exposed To Hazardous Cocktail Of Pesticides Including DDT, PCBs, Brominated Flame Retardants</a></li><li><a href="http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=302245">Finding a way to to kill VHS</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1562910232121074273?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/7a52UKoSQEs" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/7a52UKoSQEs/top-stories-heat-tolerant-coral-reefs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (L. Wynholds)</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-stories-heat-tolerant-coral-reefs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-3688457136318213506</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-25T11:38:16.819-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/images/stories/istock/istock_snake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 151px;" src="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/images/stories/istock/istock_snake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Death adders eat fatal meal</span></span><br />Science Alert - www.sciencealert.com.au (Source: University of Sydney)<br />20 May 2009<br />Photo credit: iStockphoto<br />Area: Australia<br /><br />One of Australia's most famous (and unpopular) native predators, the death adder, is actually playing a role in its own downfall.<br /><br />Unlike most Australian snakes, death adders don't wander around searching for their prey - instead, they lie in ambush and wriggle their tail-tip in the air so that the tip looks like a small grub or worm. A frog or lizard that sees the wriggling tail will rush across to grab a tasty meal - and find a hungry snake instead, so likely will end up as the snake's dinner.<br /><br />Professor Rick Shine and his colleagues Dr Mattias Hagman and Dr Ben Phillips noticed that death adder numbers plummeted after cane toads invaded their study site near Darwin. The scientists wondered why so they set up trials with captive snakes, and found that the death adders had fallen into an "evolutionary trap".<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092005-19168.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092005-19168.html"><br /></a><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0192">>>>Fatal attraction: adaptations to prey on native frogs imperil snakes after invasion of toxic toads. Proc Biol Sci. 2009 May 6. Epub ahead of print.</a><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092005-19168.html"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fish kill cause remains a mystery</span></span><br />BaldwinCountynow.com - www.baldwincountynow.com<br />15 May 2009<br />C Chapman<br />Area: Baldwin County, Alabama, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Baldwin%20County,%20Alabama,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The cause of a widespread fish kill has not yet been determined by Auburn University researchers, according to Kevin Anson, a biologist with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Resources Division.<br /><br />“The (initial) test results were inconclusive,” he said Friday. “They will continue to incubate culture material and have an answer sometime next week. It’s unusual, but it’s happened before.”<br /><br />Rotting fish have been accumulating on Eastern Shore beaches from Village Point Park in Daphne to Bon Secour over the last couple of weeks, and scientists are puzzled. So far, more than 1,000 hardhead catfish and a handful of other species have washed up dead.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2009/05/15/local_news/doc4a0dd16e654ec039775361.txt">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SNQhz5L_gKI/AAAAAAAAAs8/d41FvQkUXSU/s200/hedds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SNQhz5L_gKI/AAAAAAAAAs8/d41FvQkUXSU/s200/hedds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">National HPAI Early Detection Data System (HEDDS) Update</span></span><br />NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node<br />19 May 2009<br />Area: United States<br /><br />Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early Detection Data System (HEDDS) is an avian influenza data sharing repository. NBII and a network of partners across the nation have created HEDDS to hold data from different surveillance strategies and to provide a comprehensive view of national sampling efforts.<br /><br />Recent HEDDS Activity<br /><ul><li>May 15, 2009: 15 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 250.</li><li>May 15, 2009: 53 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 235.</li><li>May 7, 2009: 14 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 182.</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/LPAI-Table.jsp">>>>HEDDS' LPAI H5N1 Results Table</a><br /><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/index.jsp">>>>For more about HEDDS</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Jeff Foott/Discovery Channel Images/Getty</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17163/dn17163-2_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 158px;" src="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17163/dn17163-2_300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17163-sonic-alarm-saves-marine-mammals-from-ship-strike.html">Sonic alarm saves marine mammals from ship strike</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227081.200-bizarre-animals-that-are-new-to-science.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment">Bizarre animals that are new to science</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30549054#30549054">Offering orangutans a chance at survival</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE54J3YV20090520">Europe's frogs and snakes in danger: study</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=104872&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=Environment&videoChannel=74">Rare baby anteater wows zoo</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519172208.htm">Ecologists and Ethicists Urge Scientists To Speak Out On Environmental Policy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.thechadronnews.com/articles/2009/05/19/chadron/headlines/doc49f7490c809ac588594149.txt">Texas group fears spread of disease from 3-Strikes ranch</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/uocp-bcw052009.php">Bird songs change with environment</a></li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Browse complete Digest publications library </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/2/512"><br />Active Surveillance for Avian Influenza Virus Infection in Wild Birds by Analysis of Avian Fecal Samples from the Environment</a><br />Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2009 Apr; 45(2): 512-518<br />G Pannwitz et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2009.01.001">A terrestrial animal-borne video system for large mammals</a><br />Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2009 May; 66(2):133-139<br />RJ Moll et al.<br />The Auk 126(2):278-287. 2009<br /><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.08038"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex and Age-Specific Annual Survival in a Neotropical Migratory Songbird, the Purple Martin (Progne subis)</span> </a>[West Nile virus]<br />The Auk. 2009; 126(2):278-287<br />BJM Stutchbury et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-3688457136318213506?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/bghY2I4nHlM" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/bghY2I4nHlM/top-stories-death-adders-eat-fatal-meal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SNQhz5L_gKI/AAAAAAAAAs8/d41FvQkUXSU/s72-c/hedds.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-stories-death-adders-eat-fatal-meal.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>