tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:06 +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])Blogger935125WildlifeDiseaseNewshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-761555449295874226Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +00002009-11-10T00:01:01.617-06:00<description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scientists seek help studying bird virus</span></span><br />ABC News - www.abc.net.au<br />09 Nov 2009<br /><br />The public is being invited to help Charles Sturt University researchers with a new study into a virus that kills birds' feathers, leaving them unable to fly.<br /><br />The veterinary scientists have received a grant to look at how the virus gets into parrots and cockatoo species and threatens endangered species here and overseas.<br /><br />Associate Professor in Veterinary Pathobiology, Shane Raidal, wants to hear from anyone who has seen birds in the wild with abnormal feathers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/09/2737182.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">South African disease outbreak affects its mammal population</span></span><br />The Good 5 Cent Cigar - media.www.ramcigar.com<br />06 Nov 2009<br />B Cohen<br /><br />One of the major issues facing South Africa's mammal population is the prevalence of diseases, according to Professor Wouter van Hoven, who spoke yesterday afternoon in the University of Rhode Island's Center for Biological Life Sciences.<br /><br />The director of the University of Pretoria's Center for Wildlife Management, van Hoven, presented a lecture addressing various diseases that have infected the wildlife of South Africa.<br /><br />With a background in wildlife nutrition, van Hoven oversees graduate students working with various wild animals in South Africa's Kruger National Park.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://media.www.ramcigar.com/media/storage/paper366/news/2009/11/06/News/South.African.Disease.Outbreak.Affects.Its.Mammal.Population-3825247.shtml">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Malaria’s deadly leap from chimps to humans</span></span><br />Boston Globe - www.boston.com<br />09 Nov 2009<br />C Nickerson<br /><br />The terrible transfer took only an instant.<br /> <br />One mosquito; one hot-blooded human target; one quick puncture of skin. Most likely, our distant ancestor reacted with no more than a scratch and a shrug.<br /><br />Thus did malaria leap across the “species divide’’ between chimpanzees and humans, according to new research led by a University of Massachusetts at Amherst scientist.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/11/09/umass_led_research_team_tracks_malarias_deadly_leap_from_chimps_to_humans/">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Avian influenza (57): Russia (Moscow) wild birds, OIE - Archive Number 20091107.3850</span></span><br />ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org<br />05 Nov 2009<br />Area: Moskovskaya Oblast, Russia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Moskovskaya%20oblast,%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) 05 Nov 2009 from Dr Nicolay Vlasov, CVO, Veterinary services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Moscow, Russia<br /><br />Summary<br />Report type: immediate notification<br />Start date: 26 Oct 2009<br />Date of first confirmation of the event: 28 Oct 2009<br />Date submitted to OIE: 5 Nov 2009<br />Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed disease<br />Date of previous occurrence: Jun 2009<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 a defined zone within the country<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:238818119071530::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79987">>>>FULL POSTING</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rabies, human, vampire bats - Peru (LO), susp - Archive Number 20091106.3839</span></span><br />ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org<br />05 Nov 2009<br /><br />The Ministry of Health (MINSA), through the Regional Health Authority (Diresa) Loreto, sent crews with specialized personnel to the Morona District of Loreto, [to investigate a] possible outbreak of rabies transmitted by the bite of bats that have caused the deaths of 5 people from the Huambisa ethnic group.<br /><br />In this regard, the coordinator of the MINSA Zoonosis Health MINSA, Dr Ana Maria Navarro, said that after learning of the events there was immediate coordination with the Department of Epidemiology of the Diresa to form an intervention brigade in the area.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:1828812712183464::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1010,79976">>>>FULL POSTING<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: Taronga Zoo Photo: Tamara Dean</span></span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.theage.com.au/2009/11/09/846962/koala-200x0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://images.theage.com.au/2009/11/09/846962/koala-200x0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/environment/koala-numbers-in-free-fall-20091109-i5g2.html">Koala numbers in free fall</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8347000/8347117.stm">In pictures: Yucatan wonders </a></li><li><a href="http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091109_tags_tracking_beaked_whales.html">Tags tracking beaked whales</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=11467138">Ind. plans deer testing to track bovine TB spread</a></li><li><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Alberta+expands+chronic+wasting+disease+testing+area/2194894/story.html">Chronic wasting disease testing widens</a> [Canada]</li><li><a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1027/1?etoc">To Mosquitoes, We Smell Like Bird</a></li><li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Meet-to-fight-zoonotic-diseases/articleshow/5210145.cms">Meet to fight zoonotic diseases</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hendra Virus</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090911-20191-2.html">Expert: bats not the bad guys</a></li><li><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10391977-247.html">Nation prepares for deadly bat virus</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">It Ain't All Bad News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/09/water-voles-make-comeback">Water voles making a comeback</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8349712.stm">Niger's giraffes stage a comeback</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-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.connotea.org/user/WildlifeDiseaseInformationNode">here</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/11/1721.htm">Risk of importing zoonotic diseases through wildlife trade, United States</a><br />Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1721-6.<br />BI Pavlin et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-2154.1">Predator-spreaders: predation can enhance parasite success in a planktonic host-parasite system</a><br />Ecology. 2009 Oct;90(10):2850-8.<br />CE Cáceres et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b906227k">Contamination of heavy metals in birds from Embalse La Florida (San Luis, Argentina</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">)</span><br />J Environ Monit. 2009 Nov;11(11):2044-51. Epub 2009 Sep 11<br />FD Cid et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-6-190">Characterization of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia 2005 through 2007</a><br />Virol J. 2009 Nov 5;6(1):190. [Epub ahead of print]<br />E Spackman et al<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00087.x">A meta-analysis of parasite virulence in nestling birds</a><br />Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2009 Nov;84(4):567-88. Epub 2009 Aug 7<br />Møller AP, Arriero E, Lobato E, Merino S.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-761555449295874226?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/mKICs20SyEQ" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/mKICs20SyEQ/top-stories-scientists-seek-help.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-stories-scientists-seek-help.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-9170405665068528251</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-09T00:01:01.686-06:00</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;">Characterization of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia 2005 through 2007</span></span><br />7th Space - 7thspace.com<br />05 Nov 2009<br /><br />Since the emergence of H5N1 high pathogenicity (HP) avian influenza virus (AIV) in Asia, numerous efforts worldwide have focused on elucidating the relative roles of wild birds and domestic poultry movement in virus dissemination.<br /><br />In accordance with this a surveillance program for AIV in wild birds was conducted in Mongolia from 2005-2007.<br /><br />. . . Conclusions: Detection and/or isolation of AIV infection in numerous wild bird species, including 2 which have not been previously described as hosts, reinforces the wide host range of AIV within avian species.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/324809/characterization_of_low_pathogenicity_avian_influenza_viruses_isolated_from_wild_birds_in_mongolia_2005_through_2007.html">>>> 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/doi:10.1186/1743-422X-6-190"><span>Characterization of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia 2005 through 2007. Virology Journal. 2009; 6: 190.</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Related Bird Disease News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/324811/phylogenetic_analysis_of_newcastle_disease_viruses_isolated_from_waterfowl_in_the_upper_midwest_region_of_the_united_states.html">>>> Phylogenetic analysis of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from waterfowl in the Upper Midwest Region of the United States</a> [link to <a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1186/1743-422X-6-191">cited journal article</a>]<br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/04/BAPB1AEJJL.DTL&amp;type=science">>>> Detail work in oil spill cleanup may take weeks</a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8343000/8343195.stm">>>> Pelicans filmed gobbling gannets</a> [includes video]<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage</span></span><br />Associated Press - www.ap.org<br />05 Nov 2009<br />D McFadden<br /><br />Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.<br /><br />Unusually warm water in recent years has caused the animals that make up coral to expel the colorful algae they live with, creating a bleached color. If the problem persists, the coral itself dies — killing the environment where many fish and other marine organisms live.<br /><br />"We dodged a bullet this year. The good news is that temperatures didn't get quite warm enough for there to be a large-scale bleaching problem," said C. Mark Eakin, coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch network.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_sc/cb_caribbean_coral">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">State officials: Ducks found near Lynden died of fungal disease</span></span><br />The News Tribune - www.thenewstribune.com<br />04 Nov 2009<br />I Dills<br /><br />Location: Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lynden,%20Whatcom%20County,%20Washington,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 />More than 250 ducks found dead last week near Lynden appeared to have died from a fungal disease after eating moldy grain.<br /><br />Kristin Mansfield, a veterinarian with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, said necropsies conducted on some of the ducks showed clear signs of aspergillosis, a fungal infection that can cause pneumonia in birds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/942091.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Foxes, skunks spreading bat rabies variant in Arizona</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/nov09/images/091115m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 147px;" src="http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/nov09/images/091115m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />JAVMA News - www.avma.org<br />15 Nov 2009<br />G Cima<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</span><br /><br />Location: Arizona, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Arizona,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 />Foxes and skunks in northern Arizona are spreading an adapted version of a rabies virus variant associated with bats.<br /><br />The state is also enduring a second consecutive record year for rabies cases in animals.<br /><br />More than 200 animals in the state tested positive for rabies in the first nine months of 2009, including dozens of foxes and skunks that were infected with a bat virus variant that has adapted and spread among those terrestrial mammals. By contrast, only 176 rabid animals were discovered in all of 2008.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/nov09/091115m.asp">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><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 />03 Nov 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 31, 2007 [change this date to current date] 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 /><br /></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.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2339">Technical Announcement: North American Raptors Susceptible to Avian Influenza</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8319467.stm">Secrets of frog killer laid bare </a></li><li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/27/BAEA1AB7MT.DTL&amp;type=science">Rescue center aids hundreds of at-risk birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092110-20048.html">Key species show health </a></li><li><a href="http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/?178781/Shipwreck-an-ecological-disaster-for-southern-Madagascar=">Shipwreck an ecological disaster for southern Madagascar</a></li><li><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Wildlife.officials.say.2.1269548.html">Endangered Ferrets Surviving Plagu</a><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Wildlife.officials.say.2.1269548.html">e</a></li><li><a href="http://vetmedicine.about.com/b/2009/11/01/h1n1-swine-flu-ferret-dies-in-nebraska.htm">H1N1 (Swine Flu) News - Ferret dies from H1N1 infection in Nebraska</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/10/these_pretty_kitties_can_be_de.html">These pretty kitties can be deadly</a></li><li><a href="http://breezejmu.org/2009/11/02/departments-collaborate-on-amphibian-health-research/">Departments Collaborate on Amphibian Health Research</a></li><li><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/11/04/sea-lions-toxins.html">Sea Lion Brain Mapped to Study Toxins' Effects </a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Journal Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.vetpathology.org/content/vol46/issue6/?etoc=">Veterinary Pathology - November Issue</a> [Table of Contents]</li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1176765">Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis, a Cause of Catastrophic Amphibian Declines</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0742">Mountain lions prey selectively on prion-infected mule deer</a></li></ol>____________________________<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Link Repaired</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00006.2009">Prions: Protein Aggregation and Infectious Diseases</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/11/4/1257358194781/The-eye-stalks-of-a-fiddl-007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 218px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/11/4/1257358194781/The-eye-stalks-of-a-fiddl-007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Photo courtesy of </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision and Science HANDOUT/EPA</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/nov/06/week-in-wildlife">Week in wildlife</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://media.www.ramcigar.com/media/storage/paper366/news/2009/11/06/News/South.African.Disease.Outbreak.Affects.Its.Mammal.Population-3825247.shtml">South African disease outbreak affects its mammal population</a></li><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:2581044389417373::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79956">TRICHINELLOSIS - RUSSIA (04): (VORONEZH) BADGER MEAT</a> [Voronezh, Russia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Ternovskiy,%20Voronezhskaya%20oblast,%20Russia,%20Asia&amp;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 /></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUWlbQLIgbeAAJ8i7VMoftAQX7VQD9BPJC4O0">Wyo. sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8345550.stm">Three bald bears perplex experts</a> [zoo animals; video available <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/more-on-the-hairless-bears-of-leipzig-germany.html">here</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.avma.org/press/releases/091104_H1N1_Iowa_cat.asp">H1N1 flu confirmed in Iowa cat</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=frozen-antarctic-lakes-yield-new-vi-2009-11-05">Frozen Antarctic lakes yield new viruses</a> [link to <a href="http://dx.doi.org/DOI:10.1126/science.1179287">cited journal article</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_13727971">Video shows dolphins attacking porpoise in Monterey Bay</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091104-glowing-corals-antioxidants-picture.html">GLOWING CORAL PHOTO: Fluorescence Found to Aid Healing</a> [link to <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007298">cited journal article</a>]<br /></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It Ain't All Bad News</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8340000/8340706.stm">Rare whale gathering sighted </a></li><li><a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Young-Whale-Rescued-From-AC-Beach-68938877.html">Young Whale Rescued From A.C. Beach</a> [New Jersey, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Atlantic%20City,%20Atlantic%20County,%20New%20Jersey,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/us_san_diego_sea_turtles">82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-9170405665068528251?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/mdUKPiZU_nE" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/mdUKPiZU_nE/top-stories-characterization-of-low.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-stories-characterization-of-low.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-8780946961355985226</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T00:01:00.443-06:00</atom:updated><title>In the Spotlight - USGS National Wildlife Health Center Wildlife Health Bulletins<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildlife Health Bulletins - Keeping Natural Resource and Conservation Agencies Informed </span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i38.tinypic.com/nfqzp0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 193px;" src="http://i38.tinypic.com/nfqzp0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Published by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC), Wildlife Health Bulletins are distributed to natural resource/conservation agencies to provide and promote information exchange about significant wildlife health threats in their geographic region.<br /><br />The latest issue, Wildlife Disease Updates: White-Nose Syndrome, Avian Influenza Surveillance, Bat Rabies and other NWHC Updates, can be found <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/wildlife_health_bulletins/WHB09-02Wildlife_Disease_Updates.pdf">here</a>.<br /><br />To view all issues, dating back to 2000, visit the NWHC website <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/wildlife_health_bulletins/index.jsp">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Got Another Resource That Every Wildlife Professional Should Know About? </span><br /></span><br />As a wildlife professional, do you have a favorite web site, online publication or tool that you use routinely to help you do your job? Send it on to us at wdin@usgs.gov and we will share it with your colleagues.<br /><br />The Digest is one of the few places where members of the wildlife health community can easily share information, so please consider forwarding your suggestions and ideas on to us. Your colleagues will appreciate your effort!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-8780946961355985226?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/4HH3fcksjJ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/4HH3fcksjJ4/in-spotlight-usgs-national-wildlife.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-spotlight-usgs-national-wildlife.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2304703262687359736Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +00002009-11-05T00:01:00.409-06:00<description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/11/04/gallery/sea-lion-324x205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 205px;" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/11/04/gallery/sea-lion-324x205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sea Lion Brain Mapped to Study Toxins' Effects</span></span><br />Discovery News - dsc.discovery.com<br />04 Nov 2009<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of Discover News</span></span><br /><br />The first detailed anatomical atlas of a living wildlife species has been constructed by researchers.<br /><br />Mapping the California sea lion's (Zalophus californianus) brain with a combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and volumetric measuring, scientists want to better understand how toxins in the water are causing neurological damage among marine mammal populations.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/11/04/sea-lions-toxins.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disease turns up in new hunt area near 10 Sleep</span></span><br />Trib.com - www.trib.com<br />04 Nov 2009<br />Location: Wyoming, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Ten%20Sleep,%20Washakie%20County,%20Wyoming,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 Wyoming Game and Fish Department says chronic wasting disease has been found in another deer hunt area in the Big Horn Basin.<br /><br />. . . Game and Fish has been asking hunters to submit samples from their animals to find out whether those animals have the disease.<br /><br />Chronic wasting disease turned up in a mule deer buck killed Oct. 15 in the Spring Creek drainage southeast of Ten Sleep. Previous cases of chronic wasting were confirmed just to the east and west.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.trib.com/news/state-and-local/article_a2fc880f-a06c-5834-bbbe-5e0185425940.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/images/title_text.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; 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;">Science Picks</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />04 Nov 2009<br /><ul><li>Wind Energy: A Scare for Bats and Birds </li><li>Whooping Cranes are Flying High! </li><li>Giant Snakes Threaten Ecosystems </li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/leads.asp?ID=2341">>>> TO ALL NOVEMBER SCIENCE PICKS </a><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning</span></span><br />Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />04 Nov 2009<br /><br />What's the point of setting up marine reserves to protect coral reefs from pollution, ship groundings and overfishing if climate change could cause far more damage? A study published this week in London in Proceedings of the Royal Society B provides the answer.<br /><br />For decades researchers have known that corals synchronize their release of eggs and sperm into the water but were unsure of how and why. Robert van Woesik, a biologist at the Florida Institute of Technology, explains why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104000925.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Marine Environment News </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/smith-climate/smith-climate-release.html">>>> Deep-sea ecosystems affected by climate change</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/11/091103112249.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/11/091103112249.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><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 courtesy of Science Daily</span></span><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091103112249.htm"><br /></a><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091103112249.htm">Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages</a></li><li><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/04/bid-to-stop-badger-cull-fails-91466-25094480/">Bid to stop badger cull fails</a></li><li><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2342">Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Major Challenge in the West</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fox2now.com/news/sns-ap-mo--poisonedwildlife,0,3244763.story">Raymondville man fined for poisoning wildlife in effort to kill coyotes</a> [Montana, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Raymondville,%20Texas%20County,%20Missouri,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104132658.htm">Bacteria Expect The Unexpected</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8338880.stm">Species' extinction threat grows </a></li><li><a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091103/ARTICLE/911031047/2416?">Another species of python is raising concern</a></li><li> <a href="http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/315894">Inquiry into jaguar death focusing on anesthetic</a><br /></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104132706.htm">Scientists Launch Effort To Sequence The DNA Of 10,000 Vertebrates</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091103174208.htm">Tags Reveal White Sharks Have Neighborhoods In The North Pacific</a></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span>WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><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><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073435">Global emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and amphibian chytridiomycosis in space, time, and host</a><br />Annu Rev Microbiol. 2009;63:291-310.<br />MC Fisher et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0128">Effects of environmental change on wildlife health</a><br />Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 27;364(1534):3429-38.<br />K Acevedo-Whitehouse and AL Duffus<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.vetpathology.org/content/vol46/issue6/?etoc">Veterinary Pathology - November 2009</a><br />Vol. 46, No. 6<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&amp;issn=0022-541X&amp;volume=73&amp;issue=8">Journal of Wildlife Management - November 2009</a><br />Volume 73, Issue 8<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.09048">Blood Sampling Reduces Annual Survival in Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)</a><br />The Auk. 2009 Oct; 126 (4): 853–861<br />MB Brown and CR Brown<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2304703262687359736?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/svTbN8xCplA" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/svTbN8xCplA/top-stories-sea-lion-brain-mapped-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-stories-sea-lion-brain-mapped-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-9003927408012241404</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T00:01:00.564-06:00</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-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Virus killing off carp at Lake Wohlford</span><br />The San Diego Union-Tribune - www.signonsandiego.com<br />02 Nov 2009<br />E Zieralski<br /><br />Location: Lake Wohlford, San Diego County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20Wohlford,%20San%20Diego%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 />Fishermen at Lake Wohlford are being asked not to handle any carp they catch due to a virus and bacterial infections that have killed a few hundred carp in a little more than a month. <p> Jay Cowan, supervising ranger at Wohlford, said it appears the worst of the die-off is over, but until results of the bacteria tests are back he wants fishermen to avoid handling carp. </p> <p> Cowan said the outbreak hasn't affected fishing for other species at the lake. Wohlford's trout opener is six weeks away, but this won't impact that, either, he said.<br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/02/virus-killing-carp-lake-wohlford02/">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TB strain in pig new to North Island</span></span><br />Radio New Zealand - www.radionz.co.nz<br />03 Nov 2009<br /><br />Location: Tararua district, New Zealand - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Wellington,%20New%20Zealand,%20Oceania&amp;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 />Routine surveying in the Tararua district has picked up a strain of bovine tuberculosis in a pig which had not been found before in the North Island.<br /><br />The survey, carried out to confirm whether the East coast region was free of the disease, looked at the wild animal population in the Akitio and Herbertville areas.<br /><br />Animal Health Board regional coordinator Terry Hynes says DNA testing has shown that the strain of TB the boar was infected with is similar to that found on the South Island's West Coast.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/11/03/1245d30fd1db">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.treehugger.com/dying-coral-frozen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 173px;" src="http://www.treehugger.com/dying-coral-frozen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOAA, the Nature Conservancy address coral reef threats</span></span><br />EurekAlert! - www.eurekalert.org<br />31 Oct 2009<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of GA Tech</span><br /><br />NOAA and The Nature Conservancy have entered into an agreement to protect the health of the nation's valuable but increasingly vulnerable coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.<br /><br />The four-year agreement will dedicate $3.6 million in NOAA funding and $3.6 million in matching funds from The Nature Conservancy to address the top three threats facing coral reef ecosystems: climate change, overfishing, and land-based sources of pollution. The agreement is the result of a competitive request for proposals issued by NOAA in late 2008.<br /><br />The decline and loss of coral reefs has significant social, cultural, economic, and ecological impacts on people and communities in the United States and around the world. As the 'rain forests of the sea,' coral reefs provide services estimated to be worth as much as $375 billion each year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/nh-ntn103109.php">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Related News</span><br /></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://coralreef.noaa.gov/">>>> NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program</a><br /><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090311-20155.html">>>> Warming puts little fish at risk</a><br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/dying-coral-reefs-to-be-frozen.php">>>> Dying Coral Reefs to be Frozen, Preserved for the Future</a><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2009/11/aussie-oil-rig-fire-1257202806.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 189px;" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.dailyfinance.com/media/2009/11/aussie-oil-rig-fire-1257202806.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oil disaster off Australia raises concerns about deepwater drilling</span></span><br />Daily Finance - www.dailyfinance.com<br />02 Nov 2009<br />A Salkever<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images</span><br /><br />Location: Timor Sea - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Timor%20Sea,%20Western%20Australia,%20Australia,%20Australia&amp;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 Montara well fire and spill is taking place off the Kimberley Coast, several hundred miles north of the city of Darwin.<br /><br />Scientists are concerned that, although the oil spilled is not the thick by petroleum standards, it has landed in an area described by some environmentalists as a "marine superhighway" regularly traversed by whales, endangered turtles and other forms of wildlife. Flyovers by the World Wildlife Fund found dolphins and other marine mammals swimming in the oil slick.<br /><br />Researchers had to curtail efforts to catalog the damage when they were overcome by noxious fumes from the spill, the World Wildlife Foundation reported.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/02/oil-disaster-off-australia-raises-concerns-about-deepwater-drill/">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><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-style: italic;">Photo credit: Charlie Hamilton James/National Geographic</span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/img/2009/11/nov09wallpaper-6_1600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 190px;" src="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/img/2009/11/nov09wallpaper-6_1600.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.fishnewseu.com/latest-news/scottish/2192-marine-scotland-to-extend-torry-site-with-new-fish-vet-and-aquaria-building.html">Marine Scotland to extend Torry site with new fish vet and aquaria building </a></li><li><a href="http://breezejmu.org/2009/11/02/departments-collaborate-on-amphibian-health-research/">Departments Collaborate on Amphibian Health Research</a></li><li><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1102/1224257901251.html">Number of cattle with TB down 20%</a></li><li><a href="http://vetmedicine.about.com/b/2009/11/01/h1n1-swine-flu-ferret-dies-in-nebraska.htm">H1N1 (Swine Flu) News - Ferret dies from H1N1 infection in Nebraska</a> [Location: Hastings, Nebraska, USA]<a href="http://vetmedicine.about.com/b/2009/11/01/h1n1-swine-flu-ferret-dies-in-nebraska.htm"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8338880.stm">Species' extinction threat grows</a> [see original story <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4GN_t5z14RgCRzlDCRBn2TQbSWQD9BO34E01">here</a>; IUCN Red List available <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/">here</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102172247.htm">North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/10/these_pretty_kitties_can_be_de.html">These pretty kitties can be deadly</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102085825.htm">Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102085819.htm">Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8338000/8338728.stm">A marvellous [sic] hummingbird display</a> [includes video, 2:31]</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><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><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-009-9362-3">Histological lesions in mink jaws are a highly sensitive biomarker of effect after exposure to TCDD-like chemicals: field and literature-based confirmations</a><br />Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 Nov;57(4):803-7. Epub 2009 Jul 21.<br />JM Haynes et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11262-009-0403-9"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Evolutionary genetics of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses isolated from whooper swans in northern Japan in 2008</span></a><br />Virus Genes. 2009 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print]<br />T Usui et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-009-0228-y">Chytridiomycosis, amphibian extinctions, and lessons for the prevention of future panzootics</a><br />Ecohealth. 2009 Mar;6(1):6-10. Epub 2009 May 7.<br />KM Kriger and JM Hero<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01370.x">Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease</a><br />Ecol Lett. 2009 Nov;12(11):1147-57. Epub 2009 Aug 20.<br />RK Hamede et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0175">Impacts of climate change and environmental factors on reproduction and development in wildlife</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 27;364(1534):3313-9<br />SR Milligan et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0122">Anthropogenic pollutants: a threat to ecosystem sustainability?</a><br />Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 27;364(1534):3391-401<br />Rhind SM.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-9003927408012241404?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/wCqfa7f1Amw" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/wCqfa7f1Amw/top-stories-virus-killing-off-carp-at.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-stories-virus-killing-off-carp-at.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6811188265307363103</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T09:52:59.545-06:00</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://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/30/gallery/bat-disease-324x205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 158px;" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/30/gallery/bat-disease-324x205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">As Bats Begin Hibernation, Deaths Expected</span></span><br />Discovery News - dsc.discovery.com<br />30 Oct 2009<br />J Marshall<br /><br />It won't be long before millions of bats settle into caves and mines across the country to hibernate.<br /><br />But the sad truth is that many in the East will never see the warmth of spring.<br /><br />More than a million bats have died so far from white-nose syndrome, a still-mysterious bat killer that has spread throughout the Northeast and into Virginia and West Virginia, since it was first detected in New York in 2006.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/30/bat-disease-syndrome.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20091031/COMMUNITIES/91029086/1005/NEWS01">>>>Real-life batwoman helps tiny creatures</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CWD confirmed in Johnson County</span></span><br />Buffalo Bulletin - www.buffalobulletin.com<br />01 Nov 2009<br />J Gerard<br />Area: Johnson County, Wyoming, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Johnson%20County,%20Wyoming,%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 />Chronic Wasting Disease, a neurological disease lethal to deer, has been confirmed in Johnson County, according to officials from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.<br /><br />Game and Fish officials have been obtaining samples for CWD testing this season at meat lockers in Buffalo and Kaycee.<br /><br />Hank Edwards, pathobiologist at the Wyoming Game and Fish Wildlife Disease Laboratory in Laramie, said as of Oct. 22 two mule deer from an area near Ucross had been confirmed positive for CWD.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.buffalobulletin.com/articles/2009/11/01/news/local_news/doc4aeb1d21e14b5320749737.txt">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/business/67671522.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsA">>>>Chronic wasting disease in 3 elk among 560 shot near Rochester</a> - Olmstead County, Minnesota, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Olmsted%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><br /><a href="http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/stcharlessun/news/1859244,3_1_EL02_03DEER_S1-091102.article">>>>Burlington forest preserve to be Kane's front line vs. threatening deer disease</a> [Illinois]<br /><a href="http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/11/01/Critics_assail_institutes_lack_of_science/">>>>Critics assail institute's lack of science</a> [Colorado]<br /><a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Montana-Hunters-Asked-To-Test-Animals-For-Disease/2009-11-02/Article.aspx?oid=931106">>>>Montana Hunters Asked To Test Animals For Disease </a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/11/01/ba-still02_ls_02_0500790747.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 162px;" src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/11/01/ba-still02_ls_02_0500790747.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oil, bird cleanup crews focus on Alameda coast</span></span><br />SF Gate - www.sfgate.com<br />01 Nov 2009<br />D Bulwa<br />Photo credit: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle<br />Area: San Francisco Bay, 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 />. . . Oiled birds, including a number of American coots - known for running across the water to build speed for liftoff - were taken to the Oiled Wildlife Care and Education Center in Cordelia. There, staffers began the careful work of warming and cleaning them in hopes of returning them to the wild.<br /><br />As of Sunday, 30 live birds had been collected and another 11 had been found dead, said Carol Singleton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. The wildlife center in Cordelia said an additional five birds arrived Sunday.<br /><br />"We expect to see more impacts to birds in the next few days," Singleton said.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/01/BAR01ADPEI.DTL&amp;tsp=1">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091029/images/news.2009.DartFrogs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 164px;" src="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091029/images/news.2009.DartFrogs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amphibians rarely give earliest warning of pollution</span></span><br />Nature News - www.nature.com<br />29 Oct 2009<br />M Kaplan<br />Photo credit: Digital Vision<br /><br />The health of amphibians is commonly used to give a rough assessment of pollution levels in an area, but an analysis of more than 20,000 toxicity studies now suggests that these creatures are relatively resilient and not well suited to the task.<br /><br />The finding could have a significant effect on the way that the environment is assessed.<br /><br />Conventional wisdom suggests that if an amphibian population is thriving, the area is probably clear of pollutants.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091029/full/news.2009.1048.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://breezejmu.org/2009/11/02/departments-collaborate-on-amphibian-health-research/">>>>Departments Collaborate on Amphibian Health Research</a><br /><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_e386cdea-c690-11de-bb7f-001cc4c03286.html">>>>Feds study amphibian’s well-being</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED STORIES</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Bryant Austin</span> </span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/3415/slide_3415_48380_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028090528.htm">Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Invasive Species </span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/10/29/invasive-species-economy.html">Economic Crisis Could Spread Invasive Species</a></li><li><a href="http://www.smallholder.co.uk/news/4712039.Farmland_birds_face_mixed_future/">Farmland birds face mixed future</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Animal Surveillance </span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028140043.htm">Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=113888&amp;feedType=VideoRSS&amp;feedName=Environment&amp;videoChannel=74">Camera tracks alligator movement</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.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/robot-fish-animals-pictures/index.html">ANIMAL ROBOTS: Marine Machines Made in Nature's Image</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090311-20150.html">Satellite to spill penguin secrets</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 </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/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.044">Reproductive performance in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may be affected by organohalogen contaminants as shown by physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling</a><br />Chemosphere. 2009 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]<br />C Sonne et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0742">Mountain lions prey selectively on prion-infected mule deer</a><br />Biol Lett. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]<br />CE Krumm et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2009.0029">DNA Vaccination of American Robins (Turdus migratorius) Against West Nile Virus</a><br />Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2009 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]<br />AM Kilpatrick et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000557">The application of genomics to emerging zoonotic viral diseases</a><br />PLoS Pathog. 2009 Oct;5(10):e1000557. Epub 2009 Oct 26 [free full-text available]<br />BL Haagmans et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.052"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coastal sewage discharge and its impact on fish with reference to antibiotic resistant enteric bacteria and enteric pathogens as bio-indicators of pollution</span></a><br />Chemosphere. 2009 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print]<br />SN Al-Bahry et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-6811188265307363103?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/ULR9Hj-cH2U" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/ULR9Hj-cH2U/top-stories-as-bats-begin-hibernation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-stories-as-bats-begin-hibernation.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1847477574474994795</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T17:06:23.434-06:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fw.delaware.gov/Education/PublishingImages/00American_Kestrel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 246px;" src="http://www.fw.delaware.gov/Education/PublishingImages/00American_Kestrel.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Technical Announcement: North American Raptors Susceptible to Avian Influenza</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />30 Oct 2009<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of Delware Division Fish &amp; Wildlife</span></span><br /><br />American kestrels are extremely susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza, indicating that other endangered and threatened raptors may also be at risk if the virus reaches North America.<br /><br />In a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study, all kestrels inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 died within seven days of inoculation, regardless of the virus dose.<p></p> <p>“Our concern is that raptors like bald eagles, peregrine falcons and the endangered California condor would be at risk if highly pathogenic H5N1 reaches North America,” said Jeffrey Hall, a research virologist at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center and lead author on this study.<br /></p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2339">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/10/091028090530.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 273px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/10/091028090530.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species</span></span><br />Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />29 Oct 2009<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of Science Daily</span></span><br /><br />Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of global warming on endangered primates. This innovative work by Graduate Student Ruscena Wiederholt and Associate Professor of Biology Eric Post examined how El Niño warming affected the abundance of four New World monkeys over decades.<br /><br />. . . The researchers say that now, more than ever, quantitative studies that delineate the complex ecological links between climate, vegetation, and animal survival are urgently needed.<br /></p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028090530.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/images/title_text.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; 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;">Susquehanna River: Low Oxygen/Warmer Water are Likely Factors in Fish Disease</span></span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />29 Oct 2009<br /><br />Location: Pennsylannia, USA<br /><br />Smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pa. are exposed to oxygen levels that are low enough to cause stress during the first few months of their lives. Low oxygen and the relatively warm water of the Susquehanna River are likely contributing factors in the die offs of baby smallmouth bass since 2005.<br /><br />These are among the key findings of a new federal study to understand why baby smallmouth bass have been dying of infection, while older smallmouth bass and other fish have been largely unaffected. The infection is caused by Flavobacterium columnare, a bacterium that typically afflicts stressed fish. Public concern has been raised about the long-term viability of the smallmouth bass population on the Susquehanna, a river known for sport fishing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2338">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.oregonlive.com/environment_impact/photo/whirling-diseasejpg-6dd9e39a8bf7bc4e_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 211px;" src="http://media.oregonlive.com/environment_impact/photo/whirling-diseasejpg-6dd9e39a8bf7bc4e_large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadly fish disease could spread into upper Deschutes Basin</span></span><br />Oregon Environmental News - www.oregonlive.com/environment<br />29 Oct 2009<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of Oregon Environmental News</span></span><br /><br />Location: Oregon, USA<br /><br />A new study warns that a multi-million dollar effort to reintroduce salmon to the upper Deschutes Basin could spread to the area a parasite that causes a deadly disease in fish.<br /><br />The disease, called Whirling disease, affects young trout, leading to deformities in the skeletal structure of the small fish and causing high levels of mortality. It's caused by the parasite Myxobolus cerebralis.<br /><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/deadly_fish_disease_could_spre.html"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/deadly_fish_disease_could_spre.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a> [include link to report]<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://assets.panda.org/img/shipwreck_295219.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://assets.panda.org/img/shipwreck_295219.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shipwreck an ecological disaster for southern Madagascar</span></span><br />Wildlife World Fund - www.panda.org/wwf_news<br />28 Oct 2009<br />M Lippuner<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of WWF</span></span><br /><br />Location: Madagascar - <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=Faux%20Cap,%20Toliara,%20Madagascar,%20Africa&amp;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 /><br />Toxic waste from a ship which went down off the coast in southern Madagascar in August has had severe impacts on the health of local people and on the rich coastal and marine environment, according to a study supported by WWF.<br /><br />The Turkish vessel Gulser Ana grounded near Faux Cap in the very south of Madagascar The ship carried 39000 tons of raw Phosphates, 568 tons of fuel, 66 tons of diesel and 8000 litres of lubricant, most of which was slowly released into the Indian Ocean. The accident occurred in a whale reproduction and migratory corridor zone during the migratory season.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/?178781/Shipwreck-an-ecological-disaster-for-southern-Madagascar">>>> FULL ARTICLE </a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lautenberg secures $1.9 million in funding to protect bats from deadly white nose syndrome</span></span><br />PolitickerNJ.com - www.politickernj.com<br />29 Oct 2009<br /><br />Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that funding to protect bat populations in New Jersey and throughout the region has been increased from $500,000 to $1.9 million in the final version of the FY 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Lautenberg successfully fought to increase the funding for research into a mysterious and deadly illness called White Nose Syndrome (WNS) that is destroying bat populations in New Jersey and the Northeast Region. The legislation will now head to the White House where it is expected to be signed into law.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.politickernj.com/paganm/34611/lautenberg-secures-19-million-funding-protect-bats-deadly-white-nose-syndrome">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Research Funding News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://michiganmessenger.com/29137/u-s-congress-passes-great-lakes-restoration-bill">>>> U.S. Congress passes Great Lakes restoration bill</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8319467.stm">Secrets of frog killer laid bare</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--udl102209.php">UC Davis leads attack on deadly new diseases</a></li><li><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/10/the-worlds-most-lovable-invasion-species.php">The World's Most Lovable Invasive Species</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Wildlife.officials.say.2.1269548.html">Endangered Ferrets Surviving Plague</a></li><li><a href="http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&amp;item=FATAL-FOAMING-02-34">SEABIRDS THREATENED BY ALGAL BLOOM BEING TRANSPORTED TO BAY AREA</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019134716.htm">Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions</a></li><li><a href="http://seanetters.wordpress.com/">SEANET Blog - The latest news from the Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET)</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8316720.stm">'Giant' orb web spider discovered </a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092110-20048.html">Key species show health </a></li><li><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/email/top-headlines/article_43898272-c1e7-11de-ba03-001cc4c002e0.html">Techs man sites to check for wasting disease </a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007555">Experimental Infection of a North American Raptor, American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-1941.1">Scared sick? Predator–pathogen facilitation enhances exploitation of a shared resource</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00006.2009">Prions: Protein Aggregation and Infectious Diseases</a></li></ol><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED STORIE</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">S</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/2009/10/29/1256821868090/A-honeybee-hovers-over-a--018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 326px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/10/29/1256821868090/A-honeybee-hovers-over-a--018.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/29/week-in-wildlife">The week in wildlife</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091029162024.htm">Scientists Propose New Explanation For Flu Virus Antigenic Drift</a> [cited journal article <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1178258%20%282009%29">here</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/this_day/doc4aea1ff2ec962194927367.txt">Robotic wildlife decoys breathe new life into war against poachers</a></li><li><a href="http://uanews.org/node/28264">Anthropologists Call for Improved Global Response to Animal-Borne Infectious Diseases</a></li><li><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091028/OUTDOORS/91028025/1034/SPORTS/CWD-sampling-stations-will-operate-Sunday--Monday">CWD sampling stations will operate Sunday, Monday</a>[Oregon, USA]</li><li><a href="http://www.wsaw.com/morningshow/headlines/67185132.html">Bald Eagles Released Into Wild in Green Bay </a> [West Nile virus][includes video 42 sec]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8331822.stm">Frog embryos 'smell' predators </a></li><li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/wild-wacky/Scientists-use-stockings-to-test-whales-sex-drive-/articleshow/5176691.cms">Scientists use stockings to test whales' sex drive! </a></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/scary-new-animals-halloween/images/primary/091029-02-dracula-fish-photo_big.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 229px;" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/scary-new-animals-halloween/images/primary/091029-02-dracula-fish-photo_big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">For Halloween Observers - A Little Fun for You</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/animal-zombies-halloween-pictures/index.html">ANIMAL "ZOMBIES": Nature's "Walking Dead" in Pictures</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/scary-new-animals-halloween/photo2.html"> HALLOWEEN PICTURES: Spooky Species Discovered This Year</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1847477574474994795?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/E23EoVFMRHk" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/E23EoVFMRHk/top-stories-technical-announcement.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-stories-technical-announcement.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-335547361800499069</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-30T00:01:00.702-05:00</atom:updated><title>In the Spotlight - Popular Wildlife Disease Web Resources<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i34.tinypic.com/aomb11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://i34.tinypic.com/aomb11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Current Top Popular Web Resources from the WDIN eLibrary Collection</span></span><br /><br />The NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node (WDIN) selects and evaluates web resources (e.g. maps, web sites, images, and publications) for inclusion in our electronic library. For August and September the following resources were the most visited links.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ol><li>Learner.org: <a href="http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/units/infect/images.html">Emerging Infectious Diseases - Animations and Images</a></li><li>University of Wisconsin: <a href="http://whyfiles.org/180zoonotic_disease/">The Why Files - Zoonotic Diseases: Diseases Jumping from Animals to People?</a></li><li>Wildlife Information Network: <a href="http://www.wildlifeinformation.org/">Gateway to WildPro - An Electronic Library of Wildlife Disease Information</a></li><li>USGS National Wildlife Health Center: <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/avian_influenza_maps.jsp">Avian Influenza Maps - A Compiled List</a></li><li>NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node: <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/epizoo2/">Interactive Mapping of Wildlife Mortality Events</a></li><li>USGS National Wildlife Health Center: <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/map/">Interactive Avian Influenza News Map </a></li><li>Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: <a href="http://www.ccwhc.ca/en/wildlife_health_topics.php">An Index of Wildlife Health Topics</a></li><li>USGS National Wildlife Health Center: <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/">Information on Diseases Being Researched</a></li><li>Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: <a href="http://www.wildlifehealth.org.au/AWHN/home.aspx">The Australian Wildlife Health Network - A Nationally Integrated Wildlife Health System for Australia</a></li><li>OIE Animal Health Information:<a href="http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=disease_status_map"> Interactive Disease Distribution Maps</a></li><li>OIE Animal Health Information: <a href="http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=disease_outbreak_map">Interactive Worldwide Disease Outbreak Map</a></li><li>USGS National Wildlife Health Center: <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/NA_CWD_4_2007.JPG">Chronic Wasting Disease Distribution in Free-ranging (by County) and Captive Cervids - April 2007</a></li><li>USGS National Wildlife Health Center: Locations of Type C Avian Botulism Outbreaks in the United States [<a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/pg%2026%20Figure%202.1.jpg">Map</a>] [From the book <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/disease_emergence/index.jsp">Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human</a>] Connection</li><li>USGS National Wildlife Health Center: <a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/disease_emergence/index.jsp">Disease Emergence and Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection</a> [Book]</li><li>Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: <a href="http://www.ccwhc.ca/en/west_nile_virus/wnv_maps07.php">Maps: West Nile Virus Bird Surveillance</a></li></ol><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Got a Favorite Site that is Missing? </span></span><br /><br />As a wildlife professional, do you have a favorite web site or tool that you use routinely to help you do your job? Send it on to us at wdin@usgs.gov and we will share it with your colleagues.<br /><br />The Digest is one of the few places where members of the wildlife health community can easily share information, so please consider forwarding your suggestions and ideas on to us. Your colleagues will appreciate your effort!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-335547361800499069?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/xI2sjFuyPJ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/xI2sjFuyPJ4/in-spotlight-popular-wildlife-disease.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-spotlight-popular-wildlife-disease.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1735861692978885622Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:00 +00002009-10-29T12:01:42.976-05:00<description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Red tide bloom off Mustang Island</span></span><br />Dallas Morning News - www.dallasnews.com (Source: Associated Press)<br />28 October 2009<br /><br />Location: Port Mansfield Channel, Willacy County, Texas, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Port%20Mansfield%20Channel,%20Willacy%20County,%20Texas,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />State monitoring has confirmed a stretch of red tide bloom extending from southern Mustang Island into Mexico.<br /><br />Details of a coastal flyover were reported by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.<br /><br />The agency said fish kills Tuesday were seen inside Mansfield Channel and Brazos-Santiago Pass, with the dead fish extending out to approximately 1 mile offshore.<br /><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9BK49280.html"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9BK49280.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead 'butanding' found in Manila Bay</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.inquirer.net/media/newsinfo/breakingnews/metro/images/pic-10280733000515.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 175px;" src="http://images.inquirer.net/media/newsinfo/breakingnews/metro/images/pic-10280733000515.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Inquirer - www.inquirer.net<br />28 Oct 2009<br />A Valmero<br />Photo credit: R Zamora/Inquirer<br /><br />Location: Manila Bay, Philippines - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Port%20Mansfield%20Channel,%20Willacy%20County,%20Texas,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A whale shark, locally called “butanding”, was found dead on Manila Bay by local fishermen on Wednesday morning, according to the local arm of conservationist group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).<br /><br />WWF Philippines information officer Gregg Yan said the possible causes for the butanding’s death include disease, gear entanglement, exposure to organic pollutants and ship strikes.<br /><br />Measuring 15-feet long, the female whale shark bore a few scars, including small cuts on its tail possibly caused by a rope and strange injuries to both eyes, with the eyeballs missing when the carcass was found along the South Harbor at 1:30a.m., said Yan.<br /><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20091028-232750/Dead-butanding-found-in-Manila-Bay">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/10/27/ba-birds28_la190_0500769282.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 143px;" src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/10/27/ba-birds28_la190_0500769282.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rescue center aids hundreds of at-risk birds</span></span><br />San Francisco Chronicle - www.sfgate.com<br />28 Oct 2009<br />H Lee<br />Photo credit: L Atkins/The Chronicle<br /><br />Location: Oregon, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Oregon,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> and Washington, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Washington,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p>. . . Thousands of birds have died in the past week as a result of the phenomenon off the coast of Oregon and Washington.</p> <p>About 150 injured birds found on beaches were taken by van from Portland to the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield, arriving Saturday night. On Monday, 305 more birds were put into crates and flown by a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules to McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento before being brought to the center.</p> <p>Twelve birds have had to be euthanized, but the rest are recuperating, Jay Holcomb, the center's executive director, said Tuesday.</p><div id="TixyyLink" style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/27/BAEA1AB7MT.DTL&amp;type=science">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bergen bat count down 58%</span></span><br />The Record - www.northjersey.com<br />28 Oct 2009<br />J O'Neill<br /><br />Location: Bergen County, New Jersey, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Bergen%20County,%20New%20Jersey,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The bat population was down 58 percent in Bergen County this summer, according to new research that reinforces fears that many of the state's bats were wiped out last winter by a fungus linked to the deaths of a million bats in nine states.<br /><br />The summer bat count showed population down an average of 30 percent at 40 summer roost sites in nine counties, mostly in North Jersey. Of the 23 sites that showed a noticeable decrease in bat population, some roosts were entirely empty, said MacKenzie Hall, a biologist with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.<br /><br />. . . But the count also found a dozen sites where the bat population remained stable, and five roosts showed population increases.<br /><a href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/66778407.html"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/66778407.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><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 /><ul><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:3885253353470432::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79837">Healthmap iPhone Application</a></li><li><a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:4302184483466164::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79832">Influenze pandemic (H1N1) 2009, animal health (18): Canada (Ontario) avian, OIE</a> - Location: Ontario, Canada - <a href="http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:4302184483466164::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79832"></a><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Ontario,%20Canada,%20North%20America&amp;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; 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326(5952): 582 - 585<br />J Voyles et al.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/171"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Molecular characterization of the Great Lakes viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) isolate from US</span>A</a><br />Virology Journal. 2009 Oct 25; 6:17<br />A Ammayappan and VN Vakharia<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.016">Invasive species, ecosystem services and human well-being</a><br />Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Sep;24(9):497-504. Epub 2009 Jul 3.<br />L Pejchar and HA Mooney<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.012">A ten year wildlife survey of 15 species of Canadian carnivores identifies new hosts or geographic locations for Trichinella genotypes T2, T4, T5, and T6</a><br />Veterinary Parasitology. 2009 [Epub ahead of print]<br />AA Gajadhar and LB Forbes<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1735861692978885622?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/hScD4-mJ-Z0" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/hScD4-mJ-Z0/top-stories-red-tide-bloom-off-mustang.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-red-tide-bloom-off-mustang.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1712007084256908660</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-28T00:01:01.409-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $800,000 in Grants to Explore Cause,</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://yubanet.com/uploads/3/wnsGreeleyMine032609HomeImage2_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 175px;" src="http://yubanet.com/uploads/3/wnsGreeleyMine032609HomeImage2_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Control of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats</span></span><br />YubaNet.com<br />26 Oct 2009<br />Photo credit: M Moriarty/USFWS<br /><br />At an event held in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced 6 grant awards totaling $800,000 going toward research efforts to explore the cause and control of white-nose syndrome, a wildlife health crisis of unprecedented proportions that has now killed more than a million bats in the Northeast and remains unchecked.<br /><br />“These grants will provide critical funding to help the Service and our partners find the cause, find a cure and stop the spread of this deadly disease,” said Interior’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Jane Lyder.<br /><br />“Bats are an incredibly important component of our nation’s ecosystem, and the loss of even one species could be disastrous for wildlife, agriculture and people.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://yubanet.com/enviro/Fish-and-Wildlife-Service-Awards-800-000-in-Grants-to-Explore-Cause-Control-of-White-Nose-Syndrome-in-Bats.php">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/38150/">National Zoo to Breed 'Insurance Population' of Bats to Study Disease</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11391087">Bats reintroduced to Vt. caves hit by white nose</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New tools in the fight against frog-killing fungus available online</span></span><br />Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com<br />27 Oct 2009<br />J Platt<br /><br />. . . Knowing how the chytrid fungus kills is important, but identifying it before it spreads to new populations is even more vital. Early identification is key.<br /><br />Kerry Kriger, founder of the Save the Frogs Foundation, recently conducted a course at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, which presented a method to detect and quantify the number of Bd zoospores present on frogs' skins. He has also made the information available for free online.<br /><br />The highly detailed protocol, the first of its kind that has been made publicly available, uses quantitative (real-time) polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to identify the fungus and its concentration on a frog. The protocol also provides examples of how to properly swab frogs of various sizes to obtain samples for testing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=new-tools-in-the-fight-against-frog-2009-10-26">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">[qPCR protocol available <a href="http://savethefrogs.com/chytrid/qpcr.html">here</a>]</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/08/090813142508-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 154px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/08/090813142508-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching</span><br />Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />26 Oct 2009<br />Photo courtesy of NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service)<br /><br />With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, researchers from six institutions -- including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -- working at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) in Charleston, S.C., are studying the metabolic activity of a pathogen shown to cause coral bleaching, a serious threat to undersea reef ecosystems worldwide.<br /><br />. . . In this study, the levels of three compounds -- betaine, glutamate and succinate -- that help regulate energy production and osmotic pressure (a mechanism for maintaining cellular integrity) in V. coralliilyticus were determined to vary significantly between 24 degrees Celsius when the bacterium is not virulent and 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit) when it is.<br /><br />These metabolic changes, the HML team believes, are clues to learning why the small temperature change can turn non-virulent V. coralliilyticus into a coral bleaching menace.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091022114357.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es901675w">cited journal article</a>]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2009/10/26/ocean_acidification_may_contribute_to_global_shellfish_decline.html">Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline</a> [<a href="http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_54/issue_6/2072.html">abstract</a> of cited journal article]<br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813142508.htm">Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902133639.htm">Scientists Map Fish Habitat And Movements At Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary</a> [<a href="http://graysreef.noaa.gov/pdfs/research_mkendall.pdf">cited journal article</a>]<br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /><br />OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/10/the-worlds-most-lovable-invasion-species.php">The World's Most Lovable Invasive Species</a> [image gallery]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/nutria.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 136px;" src="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/nutria.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&amp;month=October2009&amp;file=Local_News200910277523.xml">Gulf states must together fight spread of animal diseases, says Minister</a> [Middle East]</li><li><a href="http://www.hpj.com/archives/2009/oct09/oct26/1008INtotrackspreadofbovine.cfm?title=Indiana%20looks%20to%20track,%20contain%20spread%20of%20bovine%20TB">Indiana looks to track, contain spread of bovine TB</a></li><li><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/coalmine-canaries-face-extinction-in-fatal-trap-20091026-hgpy.html">Coalmine canaries face extinction in fatal trap</a> [Australia]</li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyzbZzQ5THE">Poorly koala is rescued</a> [video; Location: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Port%20Macquarie,%20New%20South%20Wales,%20Australia,%20Australia&amp;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.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=827F3BFF-C28F-BF56-E45EC3EEE49DBEA7">Ninth Group of Endangered Whooping Cranes Depart on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026162542.htm">What Happens When Wild Boars And Fallow Deer Snack On Genetically Modified Corn?</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2008.07.002">first</a> and <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-007-0104-4">second</a> cited journal articles]</li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427316.800-the-truth-about-the-disappearing-honeybees.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=online-news">The truth about the disappearing honeybees</a> [editorial]</li><li><a href="http://mps.tas.greens.org.au/News/view_MR.php?ActionID=4128">Tarkine loop road threatens last disease-free devils</a> [Tasmanian Devil]</li><li><a href="http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20091027/NEWS01/910270313/1002/Report-paves-way-for-wildlife-friendly-wind-power-in-Monterey-County">Report paves way for wildlife-friendly wind power in Monterey County</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091027/NEWS01/910270307/Fort-Peck-officials-release-another-30-swift-foxes-onto-reservation">Fort Peck officials release another 30 swift foxes onto reservation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/story/988282.html">Musk ox success: Striking a bullish balance</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026152806.htm">First Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">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/10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.10.010">Identification of Brucella abortus genes in elk (Cervus elaphus) using in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT) reveals novel markers of infection </a><br />Veterinary Microbiology. 2009 [Epub ahead of print]<br />JE Lowry et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007555">Experimental Infection of a North American Raptor, American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)</a><br />PLoS One. 2009 Oct 22;4(10):e7555 [free full-text available]<br />JS Hall et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01399.x">An examination of amphibian sensitivity to environmental contaminants: are amphibians poor canaries?</a> [Letter]<br />Ecology Letters. 2009 [Epub ahead of print]<br />JL Kerby et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.011">The ecology and impact of chytridiomycosis: an emerging disease of amphibians</a><br />Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print]<br />AM Kilpatrick et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es901385t">Prion Protein Adsorption to Soil in a Competitive Matrix Is Slow and Reduced</a><br />Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009; 43 (20): 7728–7733<br />SE Saunders et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1159">Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease</a><br />Proc Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 22;276(1675):3911-9. Epub 2009 Aug 19<br />F Keesing et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-1712007084256908660?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/_3XQDztF24I" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/_3XQDztF24I/top-stories-fish-and-wildlife-service.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-fish-and-wildlife-service.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6022369128674222581</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-27T09:35:13.947-05:00</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://i36.tinypic.com/2uemx6e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 192px;" src="http://i36.tinypic.com/2uemx6e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >More Information About the Seabird Ecological Assessment NETwork (SEANET)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br />For the <a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-spotlight-seabird-ecological.html">Friday posting last week</a>, we spotlighted the Seabird Ecological Assessment NETwork (SEANET). We have some additional information to share about this ongoing, citizen scientist volunteer project that assesses seabird mortality along the eastern seaboard of the United States. They have a blog that is regularly updated with news and announcements, as well as training resources for their volunteers. You can visit the blog <a href="http://seanetters.wordpress.com/">here</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://seanetters.wordpress.com/"></a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UC Davis leads attack on deadly new diseases</span></span><br />EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org (Source: University of California - Davis<br />23 Oct 2009<br /><br />In hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis today launches an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people.<br /><br />The global early warning system, named PREDICT, will be developed with funding of up to $75 million over five years and is one of five new initiatives of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) known in combination as the Emerging Pandemic Threats Program.<br /><br />Building on its long-standing programs in disease surveillance and response, USAID is developing these initiatives to help prepare the world for infectious diseases like H1N1 flu, avian flu, SARS and Ebola.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc--udl102209.php">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/wcs-wcs102309.php">>>>Wildlife Conservation Society to expand health surveillance through PREDICT</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/sci_nat_enl_1256152542/img/laun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 170px;" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/sci_nat_enl_1256152542/img/laun.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Secrets of frog killer laid bare </span></span><br />BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk<br />22 Oct 2009<br />R Black<br /><br />Scientists have unravelled the mechanism by which the fungal disease chytridiomycosis kills its victims.<br /><br />The fungus is steadily spreading through populations of frogs and other amphibians worldwide, and has sent some species extinct in just a few years.<br /><br />Researchers now report in the journal Science that the fungus kills by changing the animals' electrolyte balance, resulting in cardiac arrest.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8319467.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Regional: Seabirds Threatened by Algal Bloom Being Transported to Bay Area</span></span><br />CBS News 5 - cbs5.com<br />26 Oct 2009<br />Area: Oregon, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Oregon,%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> and Washington, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Washington,%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 />Specialists are racing to transport red-throated loons and other sensitive migratory birds that are threatened by an unusual algal bloom off the Oregon Coast to a rescue facility in the San Francisco Bay.<br /><br />Hundreds of seabirds began washing up on Oregon and Washington beaches Tuesday following a rapid increase in the amount of algae, according to officials at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield.<br /><br />Since then, the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Ore., has been inundated with birds covered in a slimy foam caused by a single-cell algae that multiplies in warmer weather.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&amp;item=FATAL-FOAMING-02-34">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427315.500-brainshrinking-algae-send-sea-lions-off-course.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=online-news">>>>Brain-shrinking algae send sea lions off course </a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Endangered Ferrets Surviving Plague</span></span><br />Wyoming AP News - cbs4denver.com<br />25 Oct 2009<br />C Brokaw<br /><br />One of the nation's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets is surviving despite the disease that has hit their home in a vast stretch of prairie dog towns south of Badlands National Park, according to federal wildlife officials.<br /><br />Since deadly sylvatic plague was discovered in the Conata Basin in May 2008, the disease has wiped out black-tailed prairie dogs, the ferrets' main prey, in about half their former range, said Randy Griebel, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service, which manages the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands in southwestern South Dakota.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Wildlife.officials.say.2.1269548.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256283239807-1-0.jpg?x=213&amp;y=142&amp;xc=1&amp;yc=1&amp;wc=410&amp;hc=273&amp;q=85&amp;sig=AKC6Oe.dnFa.46mPyn3uug--"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 142px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256283239807-1-0.jpg?x=213&amp;y=142&amp;xc=1&amp;yc=1&amp;wc=410&amp;hc=273&amp;q=85&amp;sig=AKC6Oe.dnFa.46mPyn3uug--" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oil spill 'massive' risk to Australian animals</span></span><br />Yahoo News - news.yahoo.com (Source: AFP)<br />23 Oct 2009<br />Photo credit: AFP<br />Area: Timor Sea, Western Australia, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Timor%20Sea,%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 />A massive oil and gas leak off Australia's northwest coast was killing seabirds and threatening thousands of marine animals, conservationists warned Friday.<br /><br />Oil company PTTEP Australasia is preparing to make a fourth attempt at plugging the leaking Montara wellhead, which has been spewing oil, gas and condensate into the Timor Sea since August 21.<br /><br />The spill is reportedly Australia's worst since offshore drilling began more than 40 years ago.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/sc_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionspill">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/23/timor-sea-oil-spill">>>>Marine life affected by Timor Sea oil spill</a> [photo gallery]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >TOP READ LINKS FROM LAST WEEK</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEWS</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.vetsweb.com/news/canada-call-for-elk-cull-because-of-increasing-bovine-tb-546.html">Canada: call for elk cull because of increasing bovine TB</a></li><li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/9-weirdest-looking-animal_n_317907.html?slidenumber=8">9 Weirdest-Looking Animals You Didn't Know Existed</a> [photo gallery]</li><li><a href="http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091018/GJNEWS02/310189996/-1/CITNEWS#">Plan to help keep bats from dying out</a> [white-nosed syndrome]</li><li><a href="http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2199">The Spread of New Diseases: The Climate Connection</a></li><li><a href="http://wvgazette.com/Outdoors/200910170502#">DNR: Disease won't trigger ban on scents</a> [chronic wasting disease]</li><li><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1117081.html">Feeding birds this winter? Don't love them to death</a></li><li><a href="http://www.izw-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/Symp%20on%20bat%20biology/1_Symposium%20on%20Bat%20Biology.htm">2nd International Berlin Bat Meeting: Bat Biology and Infectious Diseases</a> [conference announcement]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019134716.htm">Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions</a></li><li><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ep=107">Wind Energy: A Scare for Bats and Birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/stri-cak101909.php#">Catching a killer one spore at a time</a> [chytrid fungus]<br /></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">PUBLICATIONS</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.055">Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in sparrows (Passer domesticus) in the Northeast of Brazil </a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-008-9269-4">Veterinary aspects of ecological monitoring: the natural history of emerging infectious diseases of humans, domestic animals and wildlife </a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-009-0334-8">Qualitative risk assessment of the role of the feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the likelihood of incursion and the impacts on effective disease control of selected exotic diseases in England </a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00560-09">Chronic wasting disease (CWD) susceptibility of several North American rodents that are sympatric with cervid CWD epidemics</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/0900930/abstract.html">Oseltamivir Carboxylate – the Active Metabolite of Oseltamivir Phosphate (Tamiflu), Detected in Sewage Discharge and River Water in Japan </a></li></ol><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: BBC News</span></span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/10/22/1256224422447/Damselfly-014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 244px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/10/22/1256224422447/Damselfly-014.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/22/week-in-wildlife?picture=354636344">The week in wildlife</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025200248.htm">Genes May Determine Susceptibility To H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Infection</a></li><li><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/email/top-headlines/article_43898272-c1e7-11de-ba03-001cc4c002e0.html">Techs man sites to check for wasting disease</a> [Montana]</li><li><a href="http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:4457287276888466::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1010,79739">Mosquito, imported - USA: (SD)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/mornings/invasive_great_lakes_species">Invasive Species in the Great Lakes: What's Being Done?</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: 11px;" 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/science/nature/8324954.stm">'Freezer plan' bid to save coral</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_13624101">Rabies confirmed in Grant County fox</a> - Grant County, New Mexico, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Grant%20County,%20New%20Mexico,%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></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cetaceans</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161548645">Dead whale found in Toco</a> - Suicide Beach, Toco, Trinidad and Tobago - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Toco,%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago,%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago,%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.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20091025_ap_strandeddolphindiesonnjbeach.html">Stranded dolphin dies on NJ beach</a> - Sea Bright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Sea%20Bright,%20Monmouth%20County,%20New%20Jersey,%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></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/091026-butterfly-ears.html">Butterfly's Wing Ears May Detect Birds</a></li><li><a href="http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/biodiversity/orangutan-whistle-may-provide-clues-to-human-speech">Serge Wich says orangutan whistle may provide clues to human speech</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></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-6022369128674222581?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/EjaVgePyDSM" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/EjaVgePyDSM/top-stories-more-information-about.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-more-information-about.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7889903393845718397</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T10:38:12.216-05:00</atom:updated><title>In the Spotlight: Seabird Ecological Assessment NETwork (SEANET)SEANET brings together interdisciplinary researchers and citizen scientists in a long-term collaborative effort to identify and mitigate threats to marine birds throughout the Atlantic coast of North America.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i35.tinypic.com/2441b9f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 71px;" src="http://i35.tinypic.com/2441b9f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In the fall of 2002, <a href="http://www.tufts.edu/vet/wildlife/service.html">Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine (Tufts CCM) / Wildlife Clinic</a> established SEANET. A network of over 60 seabird and ecological health organizations from Canada to New Jersey has been established. ‘Citizen-scientist' beached bird surveys are ongoing, with over 300 volunteers collecting data on seabird mortality during monthly or more frequent beach walks. Data on marine and coastal bird population distribution, ocean contamination, and coastal land use are being collected for a GIS-based repository.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://seanetters.wordpress.com/">>>> TO INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE</a><a href="http://seanetters.wordpress.com/"><br /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">View Seabird Morality Sighting on a map</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i36.tinypic.com/6ie6w1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 133px;" src="http://i36.tinypic.com/6ie6w1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Using the SEANET mapping application, visitors can view seabird morality sightings as table records or on a map. The mapping function includes a number of mapping layers, such as Marine Mammal Stranding Events, Barrier Beaches or Coastal Zones, which can be used to overlay for comparison with SEANET morality events.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/mass3">>>> TO THE MAP</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Other Wildlife Health Related Database System? </span></span><br /><br />If you know of or have a wildlife health related database system you would like us to showcase in the Digest, please forward a brief description and url to wdin@usgs.gov. Many in the wildlife health community are interested in surveillance data management, and they would be interested in hearing about your system.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-7889903393845718397?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/LtfkAf4RWL8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/LtfkAf4RWL8/in-spotlight-seabird-ecological.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-spotlight-seabird-ecological.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2365411654444312997Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-10-22T00:01:01.018-05:00<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://gallery.usgs.gov/images/audio/thumbs/hoarybat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/audio/thumbs/hoarybat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wind Energy: A Scare for Bats and Birds</span></span><br />USGS Corecast - www.usgs.gov/corecast<br />21 Oct 2009<br /><br />Several USGS scientists are investigating the problem of fatal bat and bird collisions with wind turbines. USGS scientist and bat specialist Dr. Paul Cryan at the Fort Collins Science Center chats with Juliette Wilson about whether we can have our wind turbines and healthy populations of bats and birds too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ep=107">>>>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 /><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 />21 Oct 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 Oct 20, 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 /><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Texas A&amp;M oceanographer receives $3.7 million grant to study Gulf dead zone</span></span><br />EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org<br />20 Oct 2009<br /><br />Oceanographer Steve DiMarco of Texas A&amp;M University, a leading authority on the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," and his team of researchers have been awarded $725,467 for the first year of a five-year, $3.72 million project that seeks to better understand and predict where and when the dead zone will happen each year. This new project builds on six prior years of funding.<br /><br />The Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced first-year funding for a new study under DiMarco titled "Mechanisms Controlling Hypoxia: Integrated Causal Modeling," which is expected to continue for the next five years.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/tau-tao102009.php">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uof-ur102009.php">>>>UF receives $12.2 million to establish national network of scientists</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: Paul Chinn/SFC</span></span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/10/20/ba-butterflies_1_0497072273_part1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 204px;" src="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2009/10/20/ba-butterflies_1_0497072273_part1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/21/BA081A88CQ.DTL&amp;tsp=1">Checkerspot butterfly next on endangered list?</a> [California]<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/21/BA081A88CQ.DTL&amp;tsp=1"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/21/content_12287147.htm">Petition filed in U.S. to protect coral species from extinction</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guamnewsfactor.com/200910211351/Top-Stories/NOAA-Navy-To-Protect-Whales-From-Deadly-Sonar-Off-Guam-Coast.html">NOAA, Navy To Protect Whales From Deadly Sonar Off Guam Coast</a></li><li><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&amp;id=7074547">Invasive snails killing off native oysters</a> [California]<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.pdctoday.com/2009/10/deer-carcass-movement-restrictions-local-cwd-zone/">New Deer Carcass Movement Restrictions in Local CWD Zone</a> [Wisconsin]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8315942.stm">Red kite numbers hit record high</a> [Scotland]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20092110-20048.html">Key species show health</a> [Australia]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8316720.stm">'Giant' orb web spider discovered</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8317434.stm">Sparrows 'learn song by twitter'</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091020-alligators-sing-singles-clubs.html">Alligators Sing to Set Up Singles Clubs?</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/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8315000/8315197.stm">Turtles prefer the 'city life' </a></li></ul><br /></div></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">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/10.1186/1471-2334-9-170">Protective measures and H5N1-seroprevalence among personnel tasked with bird collection during an outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 in wild birds, Ruegen, Germany, 2006</a><br />BMC Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 18;9(1):170. [Epub ahead of print][free full-text available]<br />W Cai et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-1941.1">Scared sick? Predator–pathogen facilitation enhances exploitation of a shared resource</a><br />Ecology. 2009; 90(10): 2832-2839<br />RA Ramirez and WE Snyder<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/AVB0904381S">Examination of presence of specific antibodies against avian influenza virus in some species of wild birds</a><br />Acta veterinaria. 2009; 59(4): 381-403 [free full-text available]<br />Š Milanko et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4149/av_2009_03_213">Determination of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtypes of avian influenza A viruses in urban pigeons by a new nested RT-PCR</a><br />Acta Virologica. 2009; 53(3): 213-216<br />P. Gronesová et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00006.2009">Prions: Protein Aggregation and Infectious Diseases</a><br />Physiol. Rev. 2009; 89: 1105-1152<br />A Aguzzi and AM Calella<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2365411654444312997?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/cihZ4hxsfkw" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/cihZ4hxsfkw/top-stories-wind-energy-scare-for-bats.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-wind-energy-scare-for-bats.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6187148933771702926</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-21T00:01:00.173-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Smaller deer herds await Minnesota hunters</span><br />Pioneer Press - www.twincities.com<br />19 Oct 2009<br />C Niskanen<br /><br />Minnesota is no longer a state with big deer problems.<br /><br />After years of aggressive hunting regulations and a recent moderately severe winter, much of Minnesota's deer herd has shrunk to manageable levels, Department of Natural Resources officials said Monday.<br /><br />. . . In northwest Minnesota, the threat of the spread of bovine tuberculosis from deer to cattle has kept deer hunting regulations as liberal as possible again this year. Hunters will be allowed a limit of five deer and sharpshooters will be employed to kill deer in a zone around the town of Skime, the epicenter of disease outbreak.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.twincities.com/topstories/ci_13596635?nclick_check=1">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.lvrj.com/living/outdoor-briefs-64690102.html">NDOW checking for wasting disease</a><br /><a href="http://www.ammoland.com/2009/10/19/wet-weather-puts-a-damper-on-deer-hunters/">Wet Weather Puts A Damper On Deer Hunters</a> [chronic wasting disease]<br /><a href="http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20091020/NEWS01/910200301/1002/NEWS01/Kimbolton-man-guilty-of-shipping-deer">Kimbolton man guilty of shipping deer</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Another ibex dies</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2009/10/17/20091017_27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 164px;" src="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2009/10/17/20091017_27.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Daily Times - www.dailytimes.com.pk<br />17 Oct 2009<br />A Guriro<br />Photo courtesy of the Daily Times<br /><br />Location: Khirthar National Park, Sind, Pakistan - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Sind,%20Pakistan,%20Asia&amp;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 />Another Sindh ibex has died in the Khirthar National Park following the recent wave of a viral disease in some of the herds, bringing the death toll of dead ibexes to 48.<br /><br />Experts have termed it as a disaster that has gripped the protected park for the first time in its history.<br /><br />The officials of the Sindh Wildlife Department have taken the samples from the dead animals with the help of veterinary experts of the Sindh Agricultural University Tandojam and sent them to the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore so that the actual reason of the deaths could be ascertained.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C17%5Cstory_17-10-2009_pg12_11">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ivory Coast: H5N1-infected birds reported</span></span><br />World Poultry - www.worldpoultry.net<br />20 Oct 2009<br /><br />Location: Cocody, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Cocody,%20Abidjan,%20Cote%20dIvoire,%20Africa&amp;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 />Agricultural authorities in the Ivory Coast report that 30 wild white-necked ravens have been found dead and 9 tested positive on the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1.<br /><br />The birds died suddenly while they were flying over the secondary school located at Cocody in Abidjan.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/ivory-coast-h5n1-infected-birds-reported-4443.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/web/17569_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 132px;" src="http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/web/17569_web.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catching a killer one spore at a time</span></span><br />Eurekalert - www.eurekalert.org<br />19 Oct 2009<br />Photo courtesy of Save the Frogs!<br /><br />A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis—one of the deadliest frog diseases on Earth.<br /><br />. . . "The fungus spreads so rapidly because humans ship nearly 100 million amphibians around the world each year, mainly for food and pets, with virtually no disease testing," said Kerry Kriger, executive director of the U.S. non-profit, Save The Frogs! and course instructor with Sandra Victoria Flechas from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.<br /><p>. . . "We've probably just doubled the number of people in the world who know how to use this method to detect the pathogen," said Kriger. "The beauty of PCR is that you don't have to kill the frog or take a skin sample to test for the disease." </p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/stri-cak101909.php">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><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 /><ul><li><a href="http://www.redding.com/news/2009/oct/20/initial-battle-creek-chinook-counts/"> Initial Battle Creek chinook salmon counts disappointing</a></li><li><a href="http://www.rgj.com/article/20091020/NEWS/910200332/1321/Reno-residents-say-raccoons-incidents-worsening">Reno residents say raccoons incidents worsening</a></li><li><a href="http://www.csiro.au/news/Monitoring-marine-ecosystems.html">Finding the ASX200 for marine ecosystems</a> [Australia]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091019134716.htm">Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions</a> [<a href="http://eg.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/16/1/1">abstract for cited journal article</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091018141716.htm">Time In A Bottle: Scientists Watch Evolution Unfold</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08480">cited journal article</a>]</li></ul><br /><a href="http://www.twincities.com/topstories/ci_13580019?nclick_check=3D1"> </a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/20/science/creature.190.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 169px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/10/20/science/creature.190.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo credit: Ulrike Siebeck with permission of the Journal of Experimental Biology</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/20creature.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">For Fish in Coral Reefs, It’s Useful to Be Smart</a> [includes video]</li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8310547.stm">'Tantalising' sounds of rare bat</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001164052.htm">Key To How Bacteria Clear Mercury Pollution Revealed</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja9016123">cited journal article</a>]<br /><br /></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 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/s10344-009-0334-8">Qualitative risk assessment of the role of the feral wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the likelihood of incursion and the impacts on effective disease control of selected exotic diseases in England </a><br />European Journal of Wildlife Research. 2009 [Epub ahead of print]<br />M Hartley<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://avdi.allenpress.com/avdionline/?request=get-current-issue&amp;issn=0005-2086">Avian Diseases - September Issue</a><br />Volume 53, Number 3<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00904-09">Assessment of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Wildlife Meat as Potential Pathogens for Humans</a><br />Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2009 Oct 15; 75(20):6462-6470<br />A Miko et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-008-9269-4">Veterinary aspects of ecological monitoring: the natural history of emerging infectious diseases of humans, domestic animals and wildlife</a><br />Trop Anim Health Prod. 2009 Oct;41(7):1023-33. Epub 2008 Nov 20.<br />MH Woodfood<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-2154.1">Predator-spreaders: Predation can enhance parasite success in a planktonic host-parasite system</a><br />Ecology. 2009 Oct; 90 (10): 2850-2858<br />CE Caceres et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-6187148933771702926?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/WlME7eBGYEI" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/WlME7eBGYEI/top-stories-smaller-deer-herds-await.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-smaller-deer-herds-await.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5094011765849475497</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-20T00:01:00.952-05:00</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.citizen.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=FD&amp;Date=20091018&amp;Category=GJNEWS02&amp;ArtNo=310189996&amp;Ref=AR&amp;MaxW=250"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 137px;" src="http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=FD&amp;Date=20091018&amp;Category=GJNEWS02&amp;ArtNo=310189996&amp;Ref=AR&amp;MaxW=250" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plan to help keep bats from dying out</span></span><br />Citizen of Laconia - www.citizen.com<br />18 Oct 2009<br />RM Cook<br /><br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are working on a plan to help states deal with a disease that has killed millions of bats, though conservationists say the agency also needs to push for $10 million in funding as part of its efforts.<br /><br />According to the Center for Biological Diversity in Richmond, Vt., the disease, white nose syndrome, has wiped out an estimated 1.5 million bats and killed off the entire bat population in some locations.<br /><br />. . . The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's draft plan can be viewed at <a href="http://www.fws.gov/northeast/white_nose.html">www.fws.gov/northeast/white_nose.html</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091018/GJNEWS02/310189996/-1/CITNEWS">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20091018/NEWS06/910180492/1320/Fungus-that-kills-bats-likely-on-way-to-Michigan">>>>Fungus that kills bats likely on way to Michigan<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://e360.yale.edu/images/features/fruit-bats-tree-200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 187px;" src="http://e360.yale.edu/images/features/fruit-bats-tree-200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Spread of New Diseases: The Climate Connection</span></span><br />Yale Environment 360 - www.e360.yale.edu<br />15 Oct 2009<br />S Shah<br /><br />As humans increasingly encroach on forested lands and as temperatures rise, the transmission of disease from animals and insects to people is growing.<br /><br />Now a new field, known as “conservation medicine,” is exploring how ecosystem disturbance and changing interactions between wildlife and humans can lead to the spread of new pathogens.<br /><br />Look up into the tree canopy of the urban tropics in South Asia, Australia, or equatorial Africa and as often as not you will find masses of Pteropos fruit bats, hanging from the branches like so many furry stalactites.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2199">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First evidence that bird flu is spread sexually</span></span><br />NewScientist - www.newscientist.com<br />15 Oct 2009<br />N Schultz<br /><br />Bird flu may be a sexually transmitted infection – at least in ducks. That's the suggestion of an analysis of flu prevalence and mating behaviour that also proposes an easy way to spot duck populations most at risk of harbouring avian flu.<br /><br />Surprisingly, the more rampant the sex a particular duck species indulges in, the lower the chance of spreading the virus. It's all to do with penis size and the complexity of the females' vagina.<br /><br />Lethal strains of avian flu virus can evolve from harmless versions and then jump to other species, so it is important to also monitor less dangerous strains in wild birds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18002-avian-flu-spread-through-duck-sex.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=environment">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091018a5.html">>>>Emperor's ducks sick with bird flu</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/f/70/ebd/f70ebd72-ba07-11de-a6e9-001cc4c002e0.preview-300.jpg?_dc=1255665424"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 154px;" src="http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/billingsgazette.com/content/tncms/assets/editorial/f/70/ebd/f70ebd72-ba07-11de-a6e9-001cc4c002e0.preview-300.jpg?_dc=1255665424" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Researchers developing advances in testing, vaccine</span></span><br />Billing Gazette - billingsgazette.com (Source: Casper Star-Tribune)<br />16 Oct 2009<br />J Pelzer<br />Photo credit: University of Wyoming News Service<br /><br />. . . Andrews, an assistant professor of microbiology at UW, leads a team that has isolated three proteins that are produced by brucellosis bacteria. That's significant, because researchers potentially may use the proteins to trigger the immune systems of brucellosis-prone animals, Andrews said.<br /><br />. . . If an effective brucellosis vaccine for elk could be developed to complement the existing cattle-only vaccine, that would go a long way in curbing the spread of the bacteria, Andrews said.<br /><br />"If both populations are immunized, then that would certainly put a lot of folks at ease," he said.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_2cff946a-ba08-11de-b5e0-001cc4c002e0.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Type E botulism found in shorebirds in Door County </span></span><br />Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - www.jsonline.com<br />19 Oct 2009<br />L Bergquist<br />Area: Green Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Green%20Bay,%20Door%20County,%20Wisconsin,%20United%20States,%20North%20America">Map It</a> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />The Department of Natural Resources has found cases of botulism in shore birds on the Green Bay side of Door County this month.<br /><br />Tests at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison show evidence of Type E botulism toxicity in ring-billed gulls.<br /><br />The cause of the outbreak is not completely known, but Julie Langenberg, wildlife veterinarian with the DNR, said that a leading explanation is the growing presence of invasive species in Lake Michigan.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/64759652.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE<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: Michael Nolan/SplashdownDirect/Rex Features</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg20427305.200/mg20427305.200-1_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 166px;" src="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg20427305.200/mg20427305.200-1_300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427305.200-smart-gps-tags-track-sunfish.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=online-news">Smart GPS tags track sunfish</a></li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6364726/African-elephants-could-be-extinct-in-15-years.html">African elephants could be extinct in 15 years</a></li><li><a href="http://wvgazette.com/Outdoors/200910170502">DNR: Disease won't trigger ban on scents</a> [West Virginia]</li><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113880660&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1025">Endangered Sea Turtles Return To Mexico's Beaches</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.farmersguardian.com/news/eu-agrees-to-%E2%82%AC10-million-bovine-tb-package-for-uk-farmers/28384.article">EU agrees to €10 million bovine TB package for UK farmers</a></li><li><a href="http://ictsd.net/i/news/biores/56994/">Scientists Raise Alarm as Biodiversity Loss Surges</a></li><li><a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_momsatwork/2009/10/pet-turtles-sicken-107-people-mostly-children.html">Pet turtles sicken 107 people -- mostly children</a> [salmonellosis]</li><li><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1117081.html">Feeding birds this winter? Don't love them to death</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1013/2?etoc">First Omnivorous Spider Says "No Thanks" to Insects</a></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); 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://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/364/1534.toc">Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - November 2009</a> - Theme Issue 'Impacts of environmental change on reproduction and development in wildlife'<br /><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00560-09"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chronic wasting disease (CWD) susceptibility of several North American rodents that are sympatric with cervid CWD epidemic</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s</span></a><br />Journal of virology. 2009: [Epub ahead of print]<br />Dennis Heisey et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007319">Resilience of coral-associated bacterial communities exposed to fish farm effluent</a><br />PloS one. 2009; 4 (10): e7319 [free full-text available]<br />M Garren et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007367">The impact of nature experience on willingness to support conservation</a><br />PloS one. 2009; 4 (10): e7367<br />P Zaradic et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-009-9402-z">Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Three Owl Species from Western Canada, 1988-2003</a><br />Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print]<br />CA Albert et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-5094011765849475497?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/xi215SvbF2g" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/xi215SvbF2g/top-stories-plan-to-help-keep-bats-from.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-plan-to-help-keep-bats-from.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-259303963892928139</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T00:01:00.966-05:00</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.vetsweb.com/app/resize.asp?w=284&amp;h=210&amp;img=%2Fpublic%2Fimage%2FCattle%2Felk%2Dcattle%5Fvw%2Ejpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 144px;" src="http://www.vetsweb.com/app/resize.asp?w=284&amp;h=210&amp;img=%2Fpublic%2Fimage%2FCattle%2Felk%2Dcattle%5Fvw%2Ejpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Canada: call for elk cull because of increasing bovine TB</span></span><br />Vetsweb - www.vetsweb.com<br />16 Oct 2009<br />Photo courtesy of Vetsweb<br /><br />Bovine tuberculosis carried by wild elk is increasingly threatening Manitoba cattle herds, causing farmers calling for a cull of the elk.<br /><br />. . . Ryan Brook, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Calgary who has spent years researching the situation in western Manitoba, says it's a complex problem with no easy solution. <div> </div> <div>A cull could put a dent in the number of diseased animals, he states, but it could also cause the wildlife to disperse, scattering the disease further afield.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.vetsweb.com/news/canada-call-for-elk-cull-because-of-increasing-bovine-tb-546.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://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/NFU-badger-cull-halt-TB/article-1426330-detail/article.html">NFU: Only badger cull will halt TB</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Third attempt to cap leak</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200908/r423475_2014824.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 148px;" src="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200908/r423475_2014824.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />ABC News - www.abc.net.au<br />16 Oct 2009<br />D Weber<br />Photo courtesy of ABC News<br /><br />The company which owns the West Atlas rig will tomorrow make a third attempt at capping a well which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea at the rate of around 400 barrels a day for the past eight weeks.<br /><br />The Federal Government has announced an environmental monitoring program, which will be paid for by the company, PTTEP Australasia.<br /><br />The Greens believe the environmental impact of the spill has been much bigger than the government and PTTEP are letting on.<br /><br />But the Federal Government says little more than a dozen birds have been killed by the oil spill.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/16/2715763.htm?section=business">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Red Tide Outbreak At Padre National Seashore</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://kris.images.worldnow.com/images/11308155_BG1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 155px;" src="http://kris.images.worldnow.com/images/11308155_BG1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Kris 6 News - www.kristv.com<br />13 Oct 2009<br />M Schroeder<br />Photo courtesy of Kris 6 News<br /><br />Location: Padre Island National Seashore, Kenedy County, Texas, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Padre%20Island%20National%20Seashore,%20Kenedy%20County,%20Texas,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 />There is an outbreak of red tide at Padre Island National Seashore and park officials have put out an advisory Tuesday to warn visitors about the algae bloom.<br /><br />Padre Island National Seashore officials started noticing the problem Friday, but it got worse over the weekend. Warm temperatures allow red algae to grow rapidly and release toxins, which causes discoloration in the water and can be deadly for fish.<br /><br />. . . With the miles of beach covered with dead fish, and not one person was in sight, beach officials said red tide was the culprit.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11308155">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes video]<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); 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.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115714&amp;org=NSF&amp;from=news">Ecology of Infectious Disease Grants Awarded by NSF, NIH</a></li><li><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1008/1224256167128.html">Parasitic infection killing greenfinches</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8301858.stm">New fears for species extinctions</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-killing-crocs">What Is Killing South African Crocs?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/10/08/bronx_times/ent_news/doc4acdfe7082e05965199447.txt">Bronx Zoo opens WCS Center for Global Conservation</a></li><li><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=4556529">Undercover omnivores</a> [deer like meat]</li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091008-giant-sea-mucus-blobs.html">Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/515207.html?nav=5003">Effort on to eliminate wild pigs</a></li><li><a href="http://communications.uwo.ca/com/western_news/stories/researchers_flock_to_study_of_birds____20091008444957/">Researchers flock to study of birds </a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8284126.stm">Study conducted into honey bees </a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications </span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.002">Evolution of a transdisciplinary “One Medicine–One Health” approach to global health education at the University of California, Davis</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3356/JRR-08-63.1">Human-Related Threats to Urban Raptors</a></li><li><a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000209">Disease and the Dynamics of Food Webs</a></li></ol>______________________________________<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Correction to broken URL</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0528-7">Utilizing the great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in ecological risk assessments of bioaccumulative contaminants</a><br />Environ Monit Assess. 2009 Oct;157(1-4):199-210. Epub 2008 Oct 11<br />RM Seston et al.<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 /><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/16/1?picture=354355984">Week in wildlife</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://www.poststar.com/news/local/article_ce22e692-447a-5c92-9ffd-a0c0ea0079ee.html">Mystery in the darkness</a> [white-nose syndrome]</li><li><a href="http://www.myoutdoortv.com/video/video.php?v=7shdk0eDAefOYRL_GCf5KqMR0x3UBqkG">Bluetongue Disease</a> [Montana; video]</li><li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/10/15/business-financial-impact-us-sheep-grazing-idaho_7005621.html">Federal judge shutters Idaho grazing allotment</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eldoradotimes.com/news/x576554640/Kansas-partnering-with-Oklahoma-in-groundbreaking-bi-state-stop-animal-movement-exercise">Kansas partnering with Oklahoma in groundbreaking, bi-state stop animal movement exercise</a></li><li><a href="http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2009-10-15/cook-inlet-belugas.html">Cook Inlet beluga population declining</a></li><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/3158/slide_3158_44678_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 164px;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/3158/slide_3158_44678_large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/d-wac101509.php">What are coral reef services worth? $130,000 to $1.2 million per hectare, per year: </a><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/d-wac101509.php">experts</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> courtesy of Huffington Post</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><ul><li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/9-weirdest-looking-animal_n_317907.html?slidenumber=8">9 Weirdest-Looking Animals You Didn't Know Existed</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8307268.stm">Bird species 'sharing nest boxes' </a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-259303963892928139?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/B5VWmUN_DUY" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/B5VWmUN_DUY/top-stories-canada-call-for-elk-cull.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-canada-call-for-elk-cull.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-755607906226985291</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-16T00:01:00.478-05:00</atom:updated><title>In the Spotlight - Upcoming 2nd International Berlin Bat Meeting: Bat Biology and Infectious Diseases<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i34.tinypic.com/2625e14.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 249px;" src="http://i34.tinypic.com/2625e14.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">2nd International Berlin Bat Meeting: Bat Biology and Infectious Diseases, Berlin, Germany, 19-21 February 2010</span></span></b><br /><br /><div><br />The aim of this symposium, which hosted by Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin and Berlin Museum of Natural History, is to foster an exchange of ideas among international specialists from many disciplines working on bat diseases and bat biology.<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Plenary Talks</span></div><div><br /><ul><li>Emerging viral diseases of bats (Dr. Hume Field, Queensland Department of Primary Industries &amp; Fisheries, Australia)</li><li>Bats and rabies (Prof. Tony Fooks, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, United Kingdom)</li><li>Bats and mycoses: The white-nose syndrome (Dr. David Blehert, U.S.A)</li><li>Bat parasites (Dr. Carl Dick, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA)</li><li>Bat diseases and conservation (Prof. Paul Racey, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.izw-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/index.html?symp%20on%20bat%20biology/1_Symposium%20on%20Bat%20Biology.htm~rechts">>>> TO REGISTRATION INFORMATION </a></div><br /></li></ul></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/2d0153q.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 225px;" border="0" alt="" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Learn about Other Upcoming Meetings and Conferences Using the WDIN Event Calendar</span></span></span></b> <div><br /></div><div>If you are interested in staying current on upcoming wildlife disease related meetings, visit the Wildlife Disease Information Node searchable Event Calendar. The calendar can be browsed month-by-month or searched for specific meetings. Click on a meeting title and get information directly from the conference web site. <div><br /></div><div><b>Is an Important Meeting Missing?</b><br /><br />If you notice our calendar is missing an important meeting, please help your wildlife professional colleagues and email us the meeting url at wdin@usgs.gov.</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-755607906226985291?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/97XWGV0mRmE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/97XWGV0mRmE/in-spotlight-upcoming-2nd-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-spotlight-upcoming-2nd-international.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4876342910757352332Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-10-16T15:39:18.121-05:00<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.sciencenews.org/view/download/id/47970/name/FOWL_THREAT"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 138px;" src="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/download/id/47970/name/FOWL_THREAT" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Excreted Tamiflu found in rivers</span></span><br />Science News Online - www.sciencenews.org<br />30 Sep 2009<br />J Raloff<br />Photo credit: iStockphoto<br /><p>The premier flu-fighting drug is contaminating rivers downstream of sewage-treatment facilities, researchers in Japan confirm. The source: urinary excretion by people taking oseltamivir phosphate, best known as Tamiflu.</p><p>Concerns are now building that birds, which are natural influenza carriers, are being exposed to waterborne residues of Tamiflu’s active form and might develop and spread drug-resistant strains of seasonal and avian flu.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47971/title/Excreted_Tamiflu_found_in_rivers">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Cited Journal Article</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2009/0900930/abstract.html">Oseltamivir Carboxylate – the Active Metabolite of Oseltamivir Phosphate (Tamiflu), Detected in Sewage Discharge and River Water in Japan. Environmental Health Perspectives. Online 2009 Sep 28.</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.vetsweb.com/news/spain-outbreak-of-new-avian-flu-strain-in-a-layer-farm-538.html">Spain: outbreak of new avian flu strain in a layer farm</a> Guadalajara, Spain - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Guadalajara,%20Castilla-La%20Mancha,%20Spain,%20Europe&amp;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></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Undercover omnivores</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a.espncdn.com/winnercomm/outdoors/hunting/2009/mulligan/deeromnivore/pg-7deer-rbt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 167px;" src="http://a.espncdn.com/winnercomm/outdoors/hunting/2009/mulligan/deeromnivore/pg-7deer-rbt.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />ESPN Outdoors - sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/index<br />13 Oct 2009<br />D Mulligan<br />Photo credit: P Squibb<br /><br />. . . That's right. Deer eat meat.<br /><br />. . . None of this was meant to simply be content for lively conversation over cocktails. Deer feeding on the carcasses of other deer is potentially very serious, and is a new front on the war against disease in deer and other wildlife.<br /><br />"We know that both tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease produce organisms or transmittable material which is accumulated in the internal organs, connecting tissue and mesentery fat," Thurston said.<br /><br />But even after the edible carrion is gone, the threat lives on.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?id=4556529">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes image gallery]<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related Deer Disease News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11310707"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>Deer on western Bighorns has chronic wasting</span></span></a> Cody, Park County, Wyoming - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Cody,%20Park%20County,%20Wyoming,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/10/kent_county_deer_testing_all_c.html">Kent County deer testing all clear so far</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2009-10-14/Outdoors/CWD_surveillance_regulations_proposed_for_elk_in_T.html">CWD surveillance regulations proposed for elk in Texas</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/10/14/news/local_news/news1406.txt">Deer hunters set to head into wild</a> [Wisconsin, USA]<br /><a href="http://www.hpj.com/archives/2009/oct09/oct12/0916NEofficialshelpwatchTBk.cfm?title=Nebraska%20officials%20ask%20for%20help%20watching%20for%20TB">Nebraska officials ask for help watching for TB</a><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead bird checks lead to park health warning</span></span><br />Stuff - www.stuff.co.nz<br />14 Oct 2009<br />K Rapley<br /><br />Location: Pakuranga reserve, Aukland, New Zealand - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Pakuranga,%20Auckland,%20New%20Zealand,%20Oceania&amp;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 dying dove mystery at a Pakuranga reserve has been solved. <p>Hundreds of malay doves have been found dead on Tiraumea Reserve where there were suspicions of poisoning because of an on-going feud between neighbours over excessive bird feeding.</p> <p>It has now been confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries that the doves are dying because of an infection called chalmydophila psittaci (psittacosis), says Manukau Parks heritage manager Biran Singh.</p><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/eastern-courier/2959117/Dead-bird-checks-lead-to-park-health-warning">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Nile virus found in crow in Rockford</span></span><br />Beloit Daily News - www.beloitdailynews.com<br />12 Oct 2009<br />C Wolf<br /><br />Location: Winnebago County, Illinois, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Winnebago%20County,%20Illinois,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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>A dead crow found in southeast Winnebago County tested positive for West Nile virus — the first sign of the virus found in the county this year.<br /><br />Todd Marshall, pollution control supervisor with the Winnebago County Health Department, said the crow was found in late September. It was tested locally and then sent off to the Illinois labs to be tested, and it was confirmed to contain West Nile virus.<br /><br />“It was the first and only crow found in the county that tested positive,” he said.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/10/12/news/health/hel1202.txt"><span>>>> FULL ARTICLE</span></a><br /><span></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/frogs-amphibians-chytrid-fungus-disease-biodiversity_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/frogs-amphibians-chytrid-fungus-disease-biodiversity_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rare Frog Species Bear the Brunt of Chytrid, a Deadly Fungal Disease</span></span><br />Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com<br />13 Oct 2009<br />C Storrs<br />Photo credit: S Galeano<br /><br />Threats to wildlife survival, such as habitat loss and climate change, tend to strike some species harder than others, and the threat of chytrid, a deadly amphibian fungus, appears to be no different. A study published in this month's Ecology Letters finds that rarer species were more likely to disappear, leading to loss of frog biodiversity in Central America.<br /><br />. . . the average number of frog species at the eight sites dropped from 45 to 23 after the appearance of the chytrid fungus. Rare species that were only present at one or a few of the sites were disproportionately wiped out, making up more than half of the species lost.<br /><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=frogs-amphibians-chytrid-fungus-disease-biodiversity"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=frogs-amphibians-chytrid-fungus-disease-biodiversity">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes image gallery]<br /></div><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 /><ul><li><a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/breaking_news/story/883034.html">Scientists study dead blue whale near Ragged Point</a> California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=San%20Luis%20Obispo%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/SPORTS/910140335/1002">DNR closes caves to protect bats</a></li><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/oct/14/bees-scientific-research">Plight of the honeybee stung by funding from the chemical industry</a></li><li><a href="http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2120684">DFO doing nothing to determine cause of deaths of marine mammals on Canada’s east coast</a><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_headline" class="blackTextLargerBold"> </span>Martinique Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Martinique%20Beach,%20Nova%20Scotia,%20Canada,%20North%20America&amp;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>; New Brunswick, Canada - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=New%20Brunswick,%20Canada,%20North%20America&amp;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://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8305000/8305320.stm">Noise pollution threatens animals</a></li><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091014/ap_on_re_us/us_python_problems">Report: 5 foreign snake species threaten US</a> [<a href="http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Publications/pub_abstract.asp?PubID=22691">US Geological Survey report</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.farmforum.net/node/13247">Japanese rock pool mosquito found in South Dakota</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&amp;cid=1248235922080&amp;pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&amp;parent=Query&amp;parentid=1135099399852">UAE lifts ban on importation of live birds from South Africa </a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01500/bait-ball-dolphins_1500165i.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 139px;" src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01500/bait-ball-dolphins_1500165i.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Photo credit: J Heller/Barcroft Media<strong class="credit"><br /></strong><ul><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/uol-oui072709.php">Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1073/pnas.0811537106">cited journal article</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6307490/The-great-sardine-run-dolphins-sharks-whales-and-birds-competing-underwater-for-fish.html">The great sardine run: dolphins, sharks, whales and birds competing underwater for fish</a> [image gallery]</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It Ain't All Bad News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/091012-vegetarian-spider.html">Rare Vegetarian Spider Discovered</a> [includes video, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.049">cited journal article</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 style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0528-7">Utilizing the great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in ecological risk assessments of bioaccumulative contaminants</a><br />Environ Monit Assess. 2009 Oct;157(1-4):199-210. Epub 2008 Oct 11<br />RM Seston et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/prion/article/9819/">Detection of protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area</a><br />Prion. 2009 Jul 14;3(3). [Epub ahead of print][free full-text available]<br />TA Nichols et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.002">Evolution of a transdisciplinary "One Medicine-One Health" approach to global health education at the University of California, Davis</a><br />Prev Vet Med. 2009 Oct 9. [Epub ahead of print]<br />PA Conrad et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.055"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in sparrows (Passer domesticus) in the Northeast of Brazil</span></a><br />Veterinary Parasitology. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]<br />LSQ Gondim et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.013">Myxomatosis in wild rabbit: Design of control programs in Mediterranean ecosystems</a><br />Prev Vet Med. 2009 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print]<br />I García-Bocanegra et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1865-1682.2009.01090.x">The Analysis of Crow Population Dynamics as a Surveillance Tool</a><br />Transbound Emerg Dis. 2009 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print]<br />A Ludwig et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-4876342910757352332?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/chtmRu0AcJY" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/chtmRu0AcJY/top-stories-excreted-tamiflu-found-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-excreted-tamiflu-found-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2320116416408100457</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T09:43:23.862-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />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/10.1371/journal.pone.0007367">The Impact of Nature Experience on Willingness to Support Conservation</a><br />PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(10): e7367 [free full-text available]<br />PA Zaradic et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0128">Effects of environmental change on wildlife health</a><br />Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 27;364(1534):3429-38<br />K Acevedo-Whitehouse and AL Duffus<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0126">Genetic variation, inbreeding and chemical exposure--combined effects in wildlife and critical considerations for ecotoxicology</a><br />Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Nov 27;364(1534):3377-90<br />AR Brown et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00560-09">Chronic wasting disease (CWD) susceptibility of several North American rodents that are sympatric with cervid CWD epidemics</a><br />J Virol. 2009 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print]<br />DM Heisy et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007319">Resilience of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities Exposed to Fish Farm Effluent</a><br />PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(10): e7319 [free full-text available]<br />M Garren et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2320116416408100457?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/ekOOBD44MvY" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/ekOOBD44MvY/wildlife-health-related-publications.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/wildlife-health-related-publications.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7280021707398388929</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-14T00:00:01.643-05:00</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.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/dailypost/oct2009/1/6/pix-image-10-819515437.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 97px;" src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/dailypost/oct2009/1/6/pix-image-10-819515437.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crowds flock to see Whale washed up on North Wales beach</span></span><br />Daily Post - www.dailypost.co.uk<br />12 Oct 2009<br />S Bagnall<br />Area: Wales, United Kingdom - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Wales,%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><br /><br />CROWDS of people turned out to catch a glimpse of a dead whale found beached hundreds of miles from its natural home.<br /><br />The magnificent North Atlantic bottlenose whale was discovered behind Presthaven Sands, at Gronant Sands, Prestatyn, on Saturday.<br /><br />Its home is hundreds of miles away near the Arctic Circle and Finland – so its appearance over in North Wales was the talk of the town.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/10/12/crowds-flock-to-see-whale-washed-up-on-north-wales-beach-55578-24906051/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091011/news/310119987">>>>Spike in dead sea otters catches wildlife officials' attention</a> - Washington, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Washington,%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.vancouversun.com/technology/Researchers+want+help+lions+endangered+human+garbage/2091963/story.html">>>>Researchers want to help sea lions endangered by human garbage</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></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Farmers calling for cull of Manitoba's wild elk after rise in cases of bovine TB</span></span><br />Google News - www.google.com (Source: Canadian Press)<br />12 Oct 2009<br />C Puxley<br />Area: Manitoba, Canada<br /><br />Cattle and wild elk have lived side-by-side for well over a century around Riding Mountain National Park in western Manitoba.<br /><br />But the elk have a habit of grazing in cattle pastures bordering the park, sharing hay with cattle and drinking from the same streams.<br /><br />That has led to a rise recently in the number of cases of bovine tuberculosis. In the last eight years, 43 elk and 10 white-tailed deer have tested positive for the disease.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5giF8Xtmf_sJvTbhSizTeYm4_osug">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/12/118290/vets-back-call-for-badger-cull.html">>>>Vets back call for badger cull</a> [United Kingdom]<br /><a href="http://www.hpj.com/archives/2009/oct09/oct12/0916NEofficialshelpwatchTBk.cfm?title=Nebraska%20officials%20ask%20for%20help%20watching%20for%20TB">>>>Nebraska officials ask for help watching for TB</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rabbit killer disease puts Hayling islanders on alert</span></span><br />The News - www.portsmouth.co.uk<br />12 Oct 2009<br />J Travis<br />Area: Hayling Island, England, United Kingdom - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Hayling%20Island,%20England,%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><br /><br />Rabbit owners are being warned to vaccinate their pets after a killer virus swept across a coastal community.<br /><br />Scores of wild rabbits have succumbed to myxomatosis on Hayling Island.<br /><br />Dozens of dead animals have been spotted at Hayling Golf Club and at North Common, a beauty spot frequented by walkers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Rabbit-killer-disease-puts-Hayling.5723120.jp">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></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 />05 Jun 2007 [change this date to current date]<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 31, 2007 [change this date to current date] 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></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Protecting Humans And Animals From Diseases In Wildlife</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: University of Nottingham)<br />09 Oct 2009<br /><br />Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans.<br /><br />As the list continues to grow, experts at The University of Nottingham are to lead a project aimed at developing a state-of-the-art pan-European surveillance system to monitor emerging and re-emerging infections in wildlife.<br /><br />Sixty one per cent of known pathogens are zoonotic — diseases that have crossed over from animals to humans — but our knowledge and understanding of the prevalence of disease in wildlife and the ecology, transmission and evolution of disease in animals is still limited.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007081627.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<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: iStockphoto/Eric Isselée</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://azdailysun.com/articles/2009/10/11/news/20091011_front_205368.txt">'Ill' wind blowing globally</a></li><li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Common-pills-plastics-making-male-fish-lay-eggs/articleshow/5112683.cms">Common pills, plastics making male fish lay eggs</a></li><li><a href="http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/222102">Va. scientists try to make sense of bat disease</a></li><li><a href="http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=11295941">Wildlife crews capture, clean swan</a> [Georgia] <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></li><li><a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/s_647331.html">Chronic waste disease is a serious issue</a> [urine baiting, Pennsylvania]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Extinctions</span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/10/091009120839.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 168px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/10/091009120839.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8301858.stm">New fears for species extinctions </a></li><li><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE59A1QS20091011">Freshwater species suffer most as extinctions rise</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113717563&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1007">Aussie Frogs Try New Pickup Line</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.themercury.com.au/article/2009/10/12/102911_tasmania-news.html">Testing kind to local lizards</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091009120839.htm">No Place Like Home: Africa's Big Cats Show Postcode Preference </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;">.<br /></span></span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00144.x">Monitoring exposure to avian influenza viruses in wild mammals</a><br />Mammal Review. 2009 Jun 15; 39(3): 167-177<br />KK Vandalen et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3356/JRR-08-63.1"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Human-Related Threats to Urban Raptors</span></a><br />Journal of Raptor Research. 2009;3(3):210-226<br />SB Hager<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1568-9">Mosquito blood-meal analysis for avian malaria study in wild bird communities: laboratory verification and application to Culex sasai (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Tokyo, Japan</a><br />Parasitol Res. 2009 Oct;105(5):1351-7. Epub 2009 Jul 21<br />KS Kim et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.001">Assessing disease risk at the wildlife–livestock interface: A study of Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep</a><br />Biological Conservation. 2009 Nov; 142(11): Pages 2559-2568<br />DL Clifford et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.028">Probabilistic movement model with emigration simulates movements of deer in Nebraska, 1990–2006</a><br />Ecological Modelling. 10 Oct 2009; 220(19): 2481-2490 <br />CJ Frost et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-7280021707398388929?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/zzJh2vaQxY0" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/zzJh2vaQxY0/top-stories-crowds-flock-to-see-whale.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-crowds-flock-to-see-whale.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-2397663168893724008</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-14T12:46:30.899-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/disease3_f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 190px;" src="http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/disease3_f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Ecology of Infectious Disease Grants Awarded by NSF, NIH</span><br />National Science Foundation - www.nsf.gov<br />07 Oct 2009<br />Photo credit: State of Delaware<br /><br />. . . To better understand the ecological mechanisms that govern relationships between human-induced environmental changes and the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded 10 grants through the Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID) program. It is the tenth year of funding in the joint NSF-NIH program.<br /><br />Interdisciplinary projects funded through the EID program will study how large-scale environmental events--such as habitat destruction and global warming--alter the risks of viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases in humans and animals.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115714&amp;org=NSF&amp;from=news">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/1008/1224256167128_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 198px;" src="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/images/2009/1008/1224256167128_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Parasitic infection killing greenfinches</span><br />Irish Times - www.irishtimes.com<br />08 Oct 2009<br />S Mac Connell<br />Photo courtesy of the Irish Times<br /><br />Location: Ireland - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Ireland,%20Europe&amp;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 disease which cannot be controlled in the wild is killing off one of Ireland’s most popular garden birds, the greenfinch.<br /><br />While trichomoniasis, caused by the parasitic trichomonad organism, has been hitting all bird populations, greenfinches have been the species most affected.<br /><br />The parasite lives in the bird’s upper digestive tract, its actions progressively blocking the bird’s throat, making it unable to swallow, thus killing it by starvation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1008/1224256167128.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.katu.com/images/091008_sick_sea_lion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 195px;" src="http://media.katu.com/images/091008_sick_sea_lion.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Beachgoers warned to stay away from sick sea lion</span><br />Katu News - www.katu.com<br />08 Oct 2009<br />M Kalkstein<br />Photo courtesy of Katu News<br /><br />Location: Seaside, Oregon, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Seaside,%20Clatsop%20County,%20Oregon,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 />. . . Chandler said it is likely the sea lion has a disease called leptospirosis, which causes lethargy and weight loss. The disease is contagious to humans and dogs and that is why marine mammal experts have posted signs warning people to stay away from the animal.<br /><br />Chandler said the best chance the sea lion has for survival is if people stay away from it and give it a stress-free environment.<span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.katu.com/news/local/63832497.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes video]<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/what-is-killing-crocs_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 171px;" src="http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/what-is-killing-crocs_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What Is Killing South African Crocs?</span><br />Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com<br />01 Oct 2009<br />N Lubick<br />Photo credit: H Bouwman<br /><br />Location: Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Kruger%20National%20Park,%20Limpopo,%20South%20Africa,%20Africa&amp;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 />. . . Investigators are rushing to figure out the cause and worry that the deaths might be signaling the presence of toxins or pathogens that could threaten not only the croc population but also the livelihoods of the people living near the river.<br /><br />. . . After slicing open some of the crocodile corpses last year, researchers determined some kind of pansteatitis—an inflammation of adipose tissue—was killing the animals.<br /><br />. . . The disease may not be limited to crocs. Scientists found the same kinds of fat deposits in fish in the Olifants River. And in the river’s gorge just upstream from Massingir Dam in Mozambique, which also has seen croc declines, birds were absent, raising the possibility that they, too, have succumbed to the same agent.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-killing-crocs">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [include image gallery]<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bronx Zoo opens WCS Center for Global Conservation</span></span><br />Your Neighborhood, Your News - www.yournabe.com<br />08 Oct 2009<br /><br />The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Center for Global Conservation, designed by FXFOWLE Architects, is a state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot “green” facility that will serve as WCS’s command center for its conservation work worldwide, including in North America. It is now the home of more than 100 WCS conservationists, researchers and support staff working to save wildlife and wild places.<br /><br />. . . The C.V. Starr Science Campus where the new building sits at the Bronx Zoo includes WCS’s Wildlife Health Center, headquarters for the Global Health Program, and will soon include additional facilities for a special care unit and animal husbandry facilities.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/10/08/bronx_times/ent_news/doc4acdfe7082e05965199447.txt">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&amp;ACTION=D&amp;SESSION=&amp;RCN=31342">Crunch time for wildlife infections control</a><br /><a href="http://communications.uwo.ca/com/western_news/stories/researchers_flock_to_study_of_birds____20091008444957/">Researchers flock to study of birds</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); 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.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002103210.htm">Bees Fight Back Against Colony Collapse Disorder: Some Honey Bees Toss Out Varroa Mites</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8270000/8270801.stm">Monkeys 'reject vegetarianism' </a></li><li><a href="http://www.farminguk.com/news/Union-fully-backs-ministers-decision-to-proceed-with-TB-eradication-order_17129.html">Union fully backs minister's decision to proceed with TB eradication order</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4KqpJQpLa7M6uOyhPIxf5nEBpnAD9B17V502">Man pleads guilty to smuggling birds from Vietnam</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8284126.stm">Study conducted into honey bees</a></li><li><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/cyanide+river+spill+threatens+wildlife/3375667">Cyanide river spill threatens wildlife</a> [includes video]</li><li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/10/07/business-financial-impact-us-livestock-disease-montana_6976537.html">USDA offers plan for Yellowstone animal disease</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=163929">Disease may be ravaging silvereyes</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091001164102.htm">Loss Of Top Predators Causing Surge In Smaller Predators, Ecosystem Collapse</a></li><li><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_65724d14-b09f-11de-b97e-001cc4c002e0.html">Disease reported in white-tail deer</a></li></ol><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publications</span><a href="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&amp;issn=0022-541X&amp;volume=73&amp;issue=7&amp;ct=1"><br /></a><ol><li><a href="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&amp;issn=0022-541X&amp;volume=73&amp;issue=7&amp;ct=1">Journal of Wildlife Management</a> - September 2009 [Journal TOC]</li><li><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm">Emerging Infectious Diseases</a> - October 2009 [TOC]</li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000209">Disease and the Dynamics of Food Webs</a></li><li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007288">Common Avian Infection Plagued the Tyrant Dinosaurs</a></li></ol><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br />Photo credit: H Paves<br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/best-microscope-macro-pictures/images/primary/091008-01-flower-reproductive-organ-macro_big.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 162px;" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/best-microscope-macro-pictures/images/primary/091008-01-flower-reproductive-organ-macro_big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/08/week-in-wildlife">The week in wildlife</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/best-microscope-macro-pictures/index.html">Best Micro-Photos of 2009 Announced</a> [image gallery]</li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091008-giant-sea-mucus-blobs.html">Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger</a> [includes image gallery, video, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007006">cited journal article</a>]</li><li><a href="http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?aid=1000343409&amp;PC=FBC&amp;issue=10092009">Wild birds blamed for Fraser Valley avian flu</a> [Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Abbotsford,%20British%20Columbia,%20Canada,%20North%20America&amp;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>]<a href="http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?aid=1000343409&amp;PC=FBC&amp;issue=10092009"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news174145081.html">Researcher studies monkeys in Africa to better understand virus evolutio</a><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news174145081.html">n</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1128/JVI.02616-08">cited journal article</a>]<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news174145081.html"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=61217">USA. Customs and Border Protection in Atlanta intercept endangered seahorses</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8293608.stm">New Yorkers text hi-tech beavers</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=search-for-worlds-rarest-lemur-pays-2009-10-07">Search for world's rarest lemur pays off</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007081534.htm">Loyal Alligators Display Mating Habits Of Birds</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04373.x">cited journal article</a>]<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007081534.htm"><br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090810-19951.html">Landing birds seek edges</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007301">cited journal article</a>]<a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090810-19951.html"><br /></a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-2397663168893724008?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/sHm_YsiOuUI" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/sHm_YsiOuUI/top-stories-ecology-of-infectious.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-ecology-of-infectious.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7565493792548425385</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-09T00:01:01.100-05:00</atom:updated><title>In the Spotlight- Revisiting a Disease Investigation<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">From the Disease Investigation Archives</span> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Large mortality of Brandt’s cormorants around San Francisco (CA)</span><br /><br />Beginning in mid-April 2009, natural resource agencies, including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) began receiving reports of dead and dying cormorants and other coastal birds in the Bay area. Dead Brandt’s cormorants were found at a nesting colony on Alcatraz Island, and more were recovered on the coast from San Francisco Bay south to Monterey. In addition, dozens of sick cormorants were recovered by several local wildlife rehabilitation centers. Sick birds were found to be extremely emaciated.<br /><br />Brandt’s cormorants and Western grebes were the primary species affected. Necropsy results from Brant’s Cormorants sent to the USGS National Wildlife Center showed severe emaciation. Tests for domoic acid, a natural marine algae toxin fatal to birds, were negative, as were tests for Newcastle disease, avian influenza and West Nile virus. Researchers speculate that a strong upwelling may have displaced a large amount of water and prey offshore. Since cormorants are near-shore feeders their prey base, including anchovies and juvenile sardines, may have been placed beyond their feeding range. Common murres, another near-shore feeder, were observed to have declined nesting success. Other seabirds that feed further off-shore did not appear to be affected. The die-off ended by late June and a final mortality estimate is being generated, but thousands of birds were thought to be affected. Local USFWS biologists have noted that this pattern is similar to those observed during past El Niño events.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Source: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/quarterly_reports/2009_qtr_2.jsp">USGS National Wildlife Health Center Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report, April 2009 to June 2009</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">View More Disease Cases in California on a Map </span></span><br /><br />The Epizoo Data Viewer summarizes information on mortality events (epizootics) in wildlife gathered by members of the Field Investigations Team at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Complete data from 1975 to 2003 are included, as well as some data from earlier years.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i35.tinypic.com/rayxxc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 323px;" src="http://i35.tinypic.com/rayxxc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To explore the Epizoo map begin by:<br /><ol><li>Follow the link to the map <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/epizoo2/">here</a></li><li>Click the 'Query' button in the top navigation bar </li><li>In the 'State' drop-down box select California to view case reports<br /><br /></li></ol><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Know of Another Interesting Past Disease Investigation? </span><br /><br />If you know about an interesting past disease investigation, please consider forwarding a brief description with supporting web links to where readers can learn about the case details. Email this information to us at wdin@usgs.gov and we'll share it here on the Digest with your colleagues.<br />_____________________<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you</span><br /><br />Last week, we asked readers to share known wildlife photo galleries sites that we missed. A member share this online gallery, which can be found <a href="http://www.jerryhaigh.com/photography-gallery/">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-7565493792548425385?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/3inh2FHUCAw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/3inh2FHUCAw/in-spotlight-revisiting-disease.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-spotlight-revisiting-disease.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-3061810143778636299Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-10-08T00:01:01.175-05:00<description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Cyanide river spill threatens wildlife</span><br />Channel 4 News - www.channel4.com<br />07 Oct 2009<br /><br />Location: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Staffordshire,%20England,%20United%20Kingdom,%20Europe&amp;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 Environment Agency is investigating how untreated sewage and cyanide made its way into one of the country's major rivers.<br /><br />Thousands of fish have already died and the agency says more wildlife is at risk in the River Trent in Staffordshire.<br /><br />. . . The agency said it is hoping for a "swift resolution" to the incident and was monitoring the contamination.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/cyanide+river+spill+threatens+wildlife/3375667">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a> [includes video]<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.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/200910/s2706805.htm">Timor Sea oil leak continues as plug fails</a> [includes audio] Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Kimberley,%20Western%20Australia,%20Australia,%20Australia&amp;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></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">USDA offers plan for Yellowstone animal disease</span></span><br />Forbes - www.forbes.com<br />07 Oct 2009<br /><br />The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on a proposal to designate the Yellowstone region as a special management zone for the animal disease brucellosis.<br /><br />In the past, infections in cattle led the USDA to impose to statewide trade restrictions. Under the new proposal, the Yellowstone area would be separated from the rest of the three states for purposes of managing the disease.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/10/07/business-financial-impact-us-livestock-disease-montana_6976537.html">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200910/r448593_2178921.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 190px;" src="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200910/r448593_2178921.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cameras show devilish nights</span></span><br />ABC News - www.abc.net.au<br />07 Oct 2009<br />Photo courtesy of ABC News<br /><br />Tasmania's Save the Devil program has new insight into how the animals behave in free range enclosures.<br /><br />. . . It seems the devils are behaving exactly as they would in the wild.<br /><br />Devil Island was opened 16 months ago as another measure to protect the endangered species against the deadly facial tumour disease.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/07/2707764.htm">>>> FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x366043986/Fish-kill-fears-subside-on-Shasta-as-water-levels-rise">Fish kill fears subside on Shasta as water levels rise</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Frogs+paying+price+wetlands+development/2072852/story.html">Frogs paying the price for wetlands development</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/515207.html?nav=5003">Bounty set on wild pigs</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildlife-Human Disease Transmission</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/bc-waa100509.php">Wildlife As A Source For Livestock Infections</a> [<a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/imedia/2657908142697806_article.pdf?random=493627">Journal Article Cited</a>]<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&amp;sid=aCDY59ymDHII">Virus Hunters Find Ebola, Marburg Source in Fruit Bat</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-159">Journal Article Cited</a>]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Huh, That's Interesting!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17932/dn17932-1_300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 132px;" src="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17932/dn17932-1_300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo credit: Neils Photography/Flicker</span></span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8292000/8292636.stm">Albatross cam for bird's eye view</a> [<a href="http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007322">Journal Article Cited</a>; for related story with video, click <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/albatrosswhale/">here</a>]</li><li><a href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/leopard-behind-you/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">‘Leopard Behind You!’</a> [animal vocabulary]</li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17932-inferior-males-get-lucky-with-the-birds.html">Inferior males get lucky with the birds</a> [<a href="http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2009/10/06/rspb.2009.1222.abstract?sid=95f0c1cb-9948-4bb0-bf37-84f67b3340b1">Journal Article Cited</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 style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00346.x">Lethal pneumonia in a captive juvenile chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) due to human-transmitted human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) and infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae</a><br />J Med Primatol. 2009 Aug;38(4):236-40. Epub 2009 Feb 23<br />CA Szentiks et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112736813/home">Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine</a> - Zoonotic Infections: An Emerging Threat to Human Health - Oct 2009<br />Volume 76, Issue 5<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007288">Common Avian Infection Plagued the Tyrant Dinosaurs</a><br />PLoS ONE 4(9): e7288 [free full-text available]<br />EDS Wolff et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19795752">Parasitic zoonoses at the rodent-captive primate-human health interface</a><br />J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2009 Aug;39(2):447-60<br />HM Elsheikha et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/aug252009/550.pdf">Avian influenza surveillance in wild migratory, resident, domestic birds and in poultry in Maharashtra and Manipur, India, during avian migratory season 2006-07</a><br />Current Science. 2009 Aug 25; 97 (4): 550-554 [free full-text available][pdf]<br />S Pawar et al.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-3061810143778636299?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/L3EDsLSPs4U" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/L3EDsLSPs4U/lethal-pneumonia-in-captive-juvenile.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/lethal-pneumonia-in-captive-juvenile.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6365590433338845910</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-07T00:01:00.661-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOP STORIES</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/media/ALeqM5hIw3QR0GW0aKsSbFn5VgcdBlJ3wQ?size=l"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 222px;" src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/media/ALeqM5hIw3QR0GW0aKsSbFn5VgcdBlJ3wQ?size=l" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Endangered black-footed ferrets return home to wilds of Canadian Prairie</span></span><br />Canadian Press - www.thecanadianpress.com<br />02 Oct 2009<br />J Graham<br />Photo courtesy of the Associated Press<br /><p>Thirty-four of the small, furry creatures - once feared to be extinct - were released in Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan on Friday as a part of a plan to re-introduce the species to the wild.</p><p>The black-footed ferrets were last seen in Canada in southwestern Saskatchewan in 1937.</p><p>They relied on black-tailed prairie dogs for food and even use the prairie dogs' burrows for their own shelters. But prairie dog colonies dropped dramatically at the turn of the last century largely from the impacts of farming. With the loss of their prey and deaths from a sylvatic plague, the black-footed ferrets disappeared.</p><p>Since 1991, the ferrets have been successfully re-introduced to 17 sites in the U.S. and one in Mexico. This is their first foray back into Canada and officials say it's an important move.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iR4nbQUHgcK2oBdXvtGDJ3sXOjNA">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.moremarin.com/.a/6a00e55001eaef88340120a5bf4927970b-350wi"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 184px;" src="http://www.moremarin.com/.a/6a00e55001eaef88340120a5bf4927970b-350wi" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Explanation offered by Marine Mammal Center director for sea lion mystery</span></span><br />More Marin - www.moremarin.com<br />05 Oct 2009<br />P Gould<br />Photo courtesy of MoreMarin.com<br /><br />Earlier this summer, reports of large numbers of dead or dying sea lions appeared in multiple news sources, including ours. Most of the mammals were malnourished, or suffering from bacterial infections.<br /><br />The cause of the problem was thought to be a dip in the food source, likely due to warm water conditions. Mammals have also been suffering from domoic acid poisoning from algal bloom, which might also be the result of warmer water.<br /><br />"What we understand is this: there was a significant die-off of yearling sea lions early this summer, and an abysmal season for the pups that were born in June. On the other hand, the older animals are seeking food wherever they can find it, and that has many showing up in greater numbers than we've grown used to."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.moremarin.com/buzzhome/2009/10/sea-lion-mystery-explanation-offered-by-marine-mammal-center-director.html#more">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Nile Virus Returns to Italy</span></span><br />The Horse - www.thehorse.com<br />03 Oct 2009<br />C Lesté-Lasserre<br /><br />Location: Italy - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Italy,%20Europe&amp;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><p>The epidemic began in central eastern Italy in August, in the same location as a 2008 epidemic which caused 32 clinical cases and five deaths in horses. Prior to that outbreak, Italy had been free of West Nile virus since a 1998 outbreak in Tuscany. </p><p>"Very preliminary data suggest that the virus was able to overwinter," said Federica Monaco, PhD, researcher at the IZSA&amp;M and primary author of a recently published scientific paper on the 2008 epidemic. "It's likely that the virus cycle did not stop during the cold months, but we still lack sufficient data to define which hosts (mosquitoes, birds, etc.) are involved." </p>Although it's been circulating in the United States and Canada since 1999, WNV is relatively rare in Europe, with the previous last known case occurring in France in 2003.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=15014">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Journal Article Cited - abstract only</span><br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19638165">Re-Emergence of West Nile Virus in Italy. Zoonoses and Public Health. 23 Jul 2009.<br /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whitetail deer found dead in Northern Livingston County from fly bites</span></span><br />The Grand Rapids Press - Mlive.com<br />04 Oct 2009<br />H Meyerson<br /><br />Location: Tyrone Township, Livingston, Michigan, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Tyrone%20Township,%20Livingston%20County,%20Michigan,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;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 />More than 150 whitetail deer in Northern Livingston County have died from a biting fly, known as a midge, according to Michigan Department of Natural Resource officials.<br /><br />The insect is responsible for transmitting an infectious, often fatal, virus called epizootic hemorrhagic disease.<br /><br />Investigation into the disease began after dozens of deer turned up in the yards of Tyrone Township residents along local waterways.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/10/whitetail_deer_found_dead_from.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://pottstownherald.com/valley-forge-park-to-use-lethal-injection-to-control-deer-population/2068/">Valley Forge Park to use Lethal Injection to Control Deer Population</a><br /><a href="http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=11247247">Ind. looks to track, contain spread of bovine TB</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/us/05moose.html">In Vermont, Making a Stand for Pete the Moose</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_9d446a52-b229-11de-b795-001cc4c03286.html">Wildlife underpass give protection to both deer, drivers</a><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br />Photo credit: L Allen/N Hristov<br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46500000/jpg/_46500600_atroost2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 167px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46500000/jpg/_46500600_atroost2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8291195.stm">Bats set up homes on the highway</a> [includes video]</li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8292706.stm">Wildlife experts probe seal death</a> New Quay, Wales, United Kingdom - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=New%20Quay,%20Wales,%20United%20Kingdom,%20Europe&amp;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.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newWEST01ENV100609.htm">Sea cow makes appearance in New England</a></li><li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=112619&amp;videoChannel=74">Galapagos in peril over warming</a> [video]</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Animal Migration News</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/994323.html">Killer whales heading south</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914151625.htm">Sierra Nevada Birds Move In Response To Warmer, Wetter Climate</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/stri-pbm100509.php">Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Niño, climate change</a></li></ul><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><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 /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/fact_sheets/pdfs/lead_poisoning_wild_birds_2009.pdf">Lead Poisoning in Wild Birds</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>[Fact Sheet][pdf]<br />USGS National Wildlife Health Center<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR81/#2009-9-16">The Economics of Agricultural and Wildlife Smuggling</a><br />Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service [access summary and full report]<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000210">A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C</a><br />PLoS Biol. 2009; 7(9): e1000210 [free full-text available]<br />RM Holdo et al.<br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000209"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disease and the Dynamics of Food Web</span></a><br />PLoS Biol. 2009; 7(9): e1000209 [free full-text available]<br />WM Getz<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19898266-6365590433338845910?l=wdin.blogspot.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/zj-ByvrakHo" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/zj-ByvrakHo/top-stories-endangered-black-footed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2009/10/top-stories-endangered-black-footed.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6732948567732830724</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-06T00:00:04.477-05:00</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/2009/10/091002103210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 141px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2009/10/091002103210.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bees Fight Back Against Colony Collapse Disorder: Some Honey Bees Toss Out Varroa Mites</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: USDA/Agricultural Research Service)<br />05 Oct 2009<br />Photo credit: Stephen Ausmus<br /><br />Honey bees are now fighting back aggressively against Varroa mites, thanks to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) efforts to develop bees with a genetic trait that allows them to more easily find the mites and toss them out of the broodnest.<br /><br />The parasitic Varroa mite attacks the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., by feeding on its hemolymph, which is the combination of blood and fluid inside a bee.<br /><br />Colonies can be weakened or killed, depending on the severity of the infestation. Most colonies eventually die from varroa infestation if left untreated.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002103210.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Diseased Sask. deer put Manitoba on alert</span></span><br />CBC News - www.cbc.ca<br />03 Oct 2009<br />Area: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Canada - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Saskatchewan,%20Canada,%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 discovery of chronic wasting disease in Saskatchewan deer about 100 kilometres from the Manitoba border has led to new testing requirements for hunters from The Pas to Swan River.<br /><br />Manitoba's Conservation Department wants the head and neck of any harvested deer to be dropped off at a depot so that testing can be done to see whether the brain disease is present.<br /><br />"We've instituted a regulation where hunters are required to submit samples for testing," Rich Davis, a wildlife biologist with the Conservation Department, told CBC News on Friday.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/10/03/mb-sk-deer-chronic-wasting-disease-testing.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.ammoland.com/2009/10/03/testing-of-elk-deer-continues-for-chronic-wasting-disease/">>>>Testing of Elk, Deer Continues for Chronic Wasting Disease</a> [South Dakota]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/images/stories/istock/istock_coralreef.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 139px;" src="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/images/stories/istock/istock_coralreef.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">High CO2 could starve corals</span></span><br />Science Alert - www.sciencealert.com.au<br />06 Oct 2009 (Source: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies)<br />Photo credit: iStockphoto<br /><br />As human activity pumps more and more carbon into the atmosphere, a new threat has emerged to the world’s coral reefs – starvation.<br /><br />Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and The University of Queensland have discovered that the symbiotic algae – known as zooxanthellae – which supply 99 per cent of the corals’ food supply may be disrupted by high CO2 levels and increased ocean acidification.<br /><br />The result could be decreased productivity in corals, increasing their vulnerability to bleaching, diseases and other impacts, say PhD researcher Alicia Crawley, Dr Sophie Dove and colleagues, following investigations carried out at Orpheus Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090610-19936.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/arctic-seas-turn-to-acid">>>>Arctic seas turn to acid, putting vital food chain at risk</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/images/title_text.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 51px;" src="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/images/title_text.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">October Science Picks -- Hot News about Cool Science</span><br />USGS Newsroom - www.usgs.gov/newsroom<br />02 Oct 2009<br /><ul><li>Gender Line Blurred in Fish</li><li>Forget the Garlic Necklace! Learn More about Bats and Rabies</li><li>Winter Warming Affects Sea Goose Migration</li><li>Invading Island Applesnails</li><li>Toxic Snow Takes Toll on Tadpoles</li><li>Helping Plants and Animals Faced with Arctic Warming</li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/leads.asp?ID=2321">>>>October Science Picks</a></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First Positive Case of West Nile Virus in a Bird Confirmed in Macon County</span></span><br />Decatur Tribune - news.mywebpal.com<br />03 Oct 2009<br />Area: Macon County, Illinois, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Macon%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><br /><br />The Macon County Health Department has received a confirmed report of the first positive case of West Nile Virus in a bird.<br /><br />There have been three positive mosquito batches found in Macon County this year.<br /><br />Dianna Heyer, Communicable Disease Coordinator, states, “There have still been no human cases of West Nile Virus reported in Macon County this year.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&amp;pnpID=469&amp;NewsID=967627&amp;CategoryID=7026&amp;on=1">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/200910/20091004bddunkard8_160.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 250px;" src="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/200910/20091004bddunkard8_160.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toxins tied to fish kill may have hitchhiked</span></span><br />Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - www.post-gazette.com<br />04 Oct 2009<br />D Hopey<br />Photo credit: Bob Donaldson<br />Area: Dunkard Creek, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Dunkard%20Creek,%20Greene%20County,%20Pennsylvania,%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 invasive toxic algae, blamed for contributing to the massive Dunkard Creek fish kill along the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border, may have hitchhiked to the region aboard equipment used in Marcellus shale drilling.<br /><br />That kind of transregional travel could put fish and aquatic life in the states' other creeks and watersheds at risk in coming years as thousands of new wells are drilled into the thick and gaseous layer of shale that lies a mile deep under much of Pennsylvania and the northern Appalachians.<br /><br />It has been more than a month since fish started going belly-up on Dunkard Creek, and officials with federal and state environmental and fisheries agencies have yet to identify what killed the fish or assign blame.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1003007-113.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<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: Steve Tracy/Flickr</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/3679348608_02ea68ebb0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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