tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +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])Blogger6731251312376http://www.feedburner.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4890849489285531436Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +00002008-10-07T00:00:00.468-05:00<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://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45077000/jpg/_45077599_caspianseal226,jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45077000/jpg/_45077599_caspianseal226,jpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mammals facing extinction threat </span></span><br />BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk<br />06 Oct 2006<br />R Black<br />Image courtesy of S Goodman/Leeds University<br /><br />At least 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to the first assessment of their status for a decade. The Red List of Threatened Species says populations of more than half of mammalian species are falling, with Asian primates particularly at risk. The biggest threat to mammals is loss of habitat, including deforestation. But there is good news for the African elephant, whose recovery leads to removal from the high-risk list.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7651981.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/oct/06/endangeredspecies.conservation?picture=338256771">>>>The world's most endangered species 2008</a> [slideshow]<br /><a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081003-164410/Mass-extinction-may-be-underway--experts">>>>Mass extinction may be underway--experts</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chronic wasting in deer prompts rehab ban</span></span><br />Gaylord Herald Times - www.gaylordheraldtimes.com<br />03 Oct 2008<br />C Engle<br />Area: Michigan, United States<br /><br />Wildlife rehabilitators were ordered to release their whitetail deer and fawns and are no longer allowed to care for injured or orphaned deer under the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) efforts to control the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Brian Mastenbrook, wildlife biologist with the Gaylord DNR office, sees the rules as a crucial step in keeping the fatal disease from spreading to Michigan’s wild deer herd and prolonging the battle with a disease that’s not completely understood. Meanwhile, rehabilitators like Cindy Burns and Michael Curtis of Sturgeon Valley Wildlife Rehab Center in Vanderbilt worry rehabilitation efforts will only move from licensed outdoor facilities to the garages and basements of good-spirited — but unqualified — citizens.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/top_stories/doc48e666b3c732d044525575.txt">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/308083">>>>DNR urges hunters to submit deer for CWD tests</a><br /><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/coloradowire/22.0.html?type=local&amp;state=WY&amp;category=n&amp;filename=WY--ChronicWasting.xml">>>>Wyo. collects tissue samples</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead dolphins seen on training exercise</span></span><br />Western Morning News - www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk<br />04 Oct 2008<br />Area: River Fal, England, United Kingdom - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Fal%20River,%20England,%20United%20Kingdom,%20Europe&amp;z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dead marine mammals were spotted during a naval exercise which has been blamed for a mass stranding of dolphins on the Westcountry coast. RNLI crews and wildlife volunteers battled to save the lives of scores of dolphins which were stranded in shallow creeks off the Fal River on June 9. The tragedy claimed the lives of 26 dolphins, but up to 60 were successfully refloated. The Ministry of Defence has revealed up to 20 warships – including vessels from Holland, France, Germany, the United States, Belgium, Chile and Denmark – were involved in the training.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/news/Dolphins-seen-dead-training-exercise/article-374703-detail/article.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20081003_Rare_whale_dies_on_an_Avalon_beach.html">>>>Rare whale dies on an Avalon beach</a> - Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersery, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Avalon,%20Cape%20May%20County,%20New%20Jersey,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=08-P13-00040&amp;segmentID=3">>>>A Whale of a Case</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VIDEO: Battling Bee-Killing Parasite</span></span><br />National Geographic News - news.nationalgeographic.com<br />02 Oct 2008<br />Area: Australia<br /><br />Australia is one of the only major beekeeping countries free of a parasitic mite that is killing bees throughout the world. The battle is on to prevent an infestation.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081002-bees-video-ap.html?source=rss">>>>VIDEO</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sea Lions Sick From Contagious Disease</span></span><br />KCBA Fox 35 News - www.kcba.com<br />02 Oct 2008<br />Area: Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Moss%20Landing,%20Monterey%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dozens of sick California sea lions have been brought in to the Marine Mammal Center field office in Moss Landing for care, and officials say a contagious infection is to blame. Marine officials say the mammals are dehydrated, lethargic and in pain. The infection is called Leptospirosis, and it affects the liver and kidneys. Marine officials said some years have more outbreaks than other years. They said this disease follows a cyclical pattern.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kcba.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e6259838-d73e-42ea-95ae-7b6ba838d011">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></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;">Image courtesy of Getty Images</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/03/gallery/sea-otter-540x380.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/03/gallery/sea-otter-540x380.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/03/sea-otter-eagle.html">Pictured: Otter Decline a Mixed Blessing for Bald Eagles</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/10/05/news/wyoming/460265a4c601602f872574d80075e9c3.txt">Officials pin hopes on brucellosis management zones</a><br /><a href="http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&amp;storycode=21770">Rising TB levels in pets sparks concern</a><br /><a href="http://www.znbc.co.zm/media/news/viewnews.cgi?category=22&amp;id=1222973070">Anthrax breaks out in Chama</a> - Chama, Eastern Province, Zambia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Chama,%20Eastern,%20Zambia,%20Africa&amp;z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/05/climatechange.italy">Seas turn to acid as they soak up CO2</a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/new-jersey/05batsnj.html">Watchful Eyes on New Jersey’s Bats</a><br /><a href="http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=50074">Scrub jay population drop is cause for concern</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wmenews.com/newsletters.php#vol4issue23">Wildlife Middle East News - September 2008</a><br />Volume 3, Issue 2<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://avdi.allenpress.com/avdionline/?request=get-toc&amp;issn=0005-2086&amp;volume=52&amp;issue=3">Avian Diseases - September 2008</a><br />Volume 52, Issue 3<br /><br /><a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Newsletter/03Volume_8_9Issue.pdf"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildlife Disease Information Node - WDIN Highlights Online Bulletin - Sept</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">2008 Issue</span></a><br />Volume 3, Issue 8/9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/413473254" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/413473254/top-stories-mammals-facing-extinction.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s72-c/map.gif" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-stories-mammals-facing-extinction.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1170645816610375561</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-06T00:01:00.232-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">TOP STORIES</span><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/670118/?type=display"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/670118/?type=display" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Increased threat to red squirrels from grey pox</span></span><br />The Northern Echo - www.northernecho.co.uk<br />3 Oct 2008<br />A Douglas<br /><br />RED squirrels in the North could be at an increased risk of catching a deadly virus from their grey cousins at this time of year, the Wildlife Trusts warned today. The Trusts are urging people to report sightings of reds during Squirrel week, which starts tomorrow, to help them keep track of the threatened population. The red squirrel is restricted in England to a few pockets, including in Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and on the islands of Anglesey, the Isle of Wight and Brownsea, Poole Harbour.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/3726189.Increased_threat_to_red_squirrels_from_grey_pox/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />County to place dumpsters around lake for dead carp</span></span><br />Lake County Record-Bee - www.record-bee.com<br />30 Sep 2008<br />T Knight<br />Location: Lake County, California, USA - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Clear%20Lake,%20Lake%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 14px; height: 14px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/globe_5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Theories abound about the cause of the recent carp die-off around Clear Lake. They range from herbicide poisoning, a fish virus, and decaying weeds that use up oxygen in the water. A number of fishermen are concerned that other fish such as bass, crappie and catfish will also die. The cause of the die-off remains unknown and the number of carp affected is also unknown. Best estimates run from a 1,000-10,000, possibly more. The dead carp have been washing up on beaches all around the lake.<br /><a href="http://www.record-bee.com/sports/ci_10604684"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.record-bee.com/sports/ci_10604684">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/02/gallery/ocean-floor-380x540.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/02/gallery/ocean-floor-380x540.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tiny Plastic Bits Pose Marine Hazard</span></span><br />Discovery News - dsc.discovery.com<br />2 Oct 2008<br />J Marshall<br />Photo courtesy of Getty Images<br /><br /><br />We've all heard about sea turtles, dolphins or seabirds dying from entanglement in six-pack rings, plastic bags or other detritus -- or from bellies full of mistakenly swallowed plastic. But some marine researchers are concerned about the effect that much smaller bits of plastic may be having on the seas. So-called "microplastics" may concentrate pollutants, be ingestible by the ocean's tiny denizens -- from zooplankton to filter feeders like clams and mussels -- and move up the food chain.<br /><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/02/marine-plastics.html"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/02/marine-plastics.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/video/player.html?bclid=1704094428">>>>WATCH VIDEO</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News Article</span><br /><a href="http://www.dailytech.com/The+New+Scourge+of+the+Seas++Tech+Trash/article13112.htm">>>>The New Scourge of the Seas -- Tech Trash</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DNA-based Vaccine Shows Promise Against Avian Flu</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com<br />2 Oct 2008<br /><br />Though it has fallen from the headlines, a global pandemic caused by bird flu still has the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. Yet, to date, the only vaccines that have proven even semi-effective are produced in chicken eggs, take five to six months to prepare and act against a single variant of the H5N1 virus, which mutates incredibly quickly. Now, new research by scientists in New York and Taiwan has led to a vaccine with the potential to stop most strains of H5N1 flu viruses in their tracks.<br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002210914.htm"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002210914.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Rabies in a Dog Imported from Iraq -- New Jersey, June 2008</span></span><br />Center for Disease Control - www.cdc.gov<br />3 Oct 2008<br /><br />. . . On June 18, 2008, a mixed-breed dog, recently shipped from Iraq into the United States, was confirmed to have rabies by the Public Health and Environmental Laboratories of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. A total of 24 additional animals in the shipment, all potentially exposed to the rabid dog, were distributed to 16 states.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5739a3.htm?s_cid=mm5739a3_x">>>>FULL REPORT</a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">LAST WEEK'S TOP READ LINKS</span></span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/10/01/news/wyoming/99b772af9453b4a2872574d40083af01.txt">Disease response bill moves forward</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm?s_cid=eidindex_e">Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 2008 Issue<br /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_274113358.html">Hundreds of dead birds found outside high school</a></li><li><a href="http://www.porkworld.com.br/index.php?documento=4596">Emerging Animal Diseases and International Trade</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/912141.html">FWC warns hunters to be careful when handing wild hogs</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/bc-itm092608.php">Is there more to prion protein than mad cow disease?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/080930-city-bears.html">City Bears Get Fat, Die Young</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center </a></li><li><a href="http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1222362">Man fined for moving bait from VHS-positive waters</a></li><li><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-wcn_interview_blinston.html">Painted Dog population falls 99%, but community efforts could save species</a></li></ol><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/environment/gallery/2008/oct/02/2/GD9001057@Endangered-Great-Gree-7551.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45068000/jpg/_45068298_skylark226rspb_index.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Turbines 'no risk to farm birds' </span></span><br />BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk<br />01 Oct 2008<br />Area: European Union<br /><br />Wind turbines pose less of a risk to farmland birds than previously thought, a study has concluded. A team of UK scientists said their research showed that building new wind farms on European farmland would not adversely affect bird populations. Previous studies highlighted how turbine blades were hazardous for waterbird and bird of prey species. The findings have been published in the British Ecological Society's (BES) Journal of Applied Ecology.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7646142.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01560.x">>>>Minimal effects of wind turbines on the distribution of wintering farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2008 Oct 01; [ePub ahead of print].</a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Migratory birds pre-entry alerts Myanmar against bird flu</span></span><br />Xinhua News - news.xinhuanet.com<br />02 Oct 2008<br />Area: Myanmar<br /><br />The pre-entry of migratory wild birds into Myanmar territory two months ahead of winter has alerted the country to take preventive measures against probable recurrence of bird flu, according to Thursday's local Biweekly Eleven journal. It was noticed that migratory birds have started to fly in the Inlay Lake region, southern part of Shan state, over the past week and by December when the cold season fully sets in, there would be large gathering of such birds in Myanmar territory that constitutes threat of spreading the disease, the report said. Migratory birds are scientifically considered as the carrier of deadly H5N1 virus from one place to another. Inlay lake is a place where about 250 species of various birds rest.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/02/content_10142961.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_276000856.html">>>>Could avian flu be flying overhead? </a><br /><a href="http://www.farminguk.com/news/Changes-to-GB-wild-bird-survey-for-Avian-Influenza8684.asp">>>>Changes to GB wild bird survey for Avian Influenza</a><br /><a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gO15NKZ4lWPBRxv7tZjtrDiByxxQ">>>>US approves test for human and bird flu</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/images/2008/09/29/gulfofmexico.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/images/2008/09/29/gulfofmexico.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ocean Dead Zones May Be Worse Than Thought </span></span><br />Wired Science - blog.wired.com<br />30 Sep 2008<br />B Keim<br />Image courtesy of NASA<br /><br />Oxygen-starved ocean dead zones may be more widespread than thought. Spanish researchers found that many species die off at oxygen levels well above what is now considered uninhabitable. The new study suggests that the extent of dead zones in coastal areas that support fishing industries is greater than previously known. Since the mid-20th century, more than 400 dead zones have formed along continental coastlines, where fertilizer pollution causes algal blooms whose decomposition feeds oxygen-gobbling bacteria.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/ocean-dead-zone.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803833105">>>>Thresholds of hypoxia for marine biodiversity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print].</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Nile found in Winnebago County</span></span><br />The Northwestern - www.thenorthwestern.com<br />01 Oct 2008<br />Area: Winnebago County, Wisconsin, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Vinland,%20Winnebago%20County,%20Wisconsin,%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 />A dead blue jay found in the Town of Vinland has tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to the Winnebago County Health Department. The department issued a press release saying this was the positive testing of a bird found in Winnebago County for the year and that resident need to take some extra precautions. "The positive bird means that residents of Winnebago County need to be more vigilant in their personal protective measures to prevent mosquito bites," Health Officer Doug Gieryn said in the release. The virus is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the release.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/OSH0101/81001191/1987">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/blog/entry/729/">>>>ENVIRONMENT: Dangerous Disease, Dangerous Remedy</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45061000/jpg/_45061828_cavionbeach226.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45061000/jpg/_45061828_cavionbeach226.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beaked whales: Sounding off </span></span><br />BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk<br />30 Sep 2008<br />R Black<br />Image courtesy of Antonio Fernandez/ULPGC<br />Area: Canary Islands<br /><br />As a scientist, you know your world is about to change when your boss, the government and the international media are all suddenly on the phone asking for answers. That was the lot of whale biologists and veterinary scientists in the Canary Islands on 24 September 2002 - a date that may go down as one of the most significant in humankind's long history of interactions with whales. "There was already some news that many animals were stranding along the beaches of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote," recalls Antonella Servidio. "Most of them were still alive and people on the beach were taking care of them with towels, trying to make them comfortable; but they were already in a very bad condition.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7642366.stm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--beachedwhale1002oct02,0,6216862.story">>>>Stranded True's beaked whale dies in Avalon</a> - Avalon, New Jersey, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Avalon,%20Cape%20May%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><br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930095335.htm">>>>Discovering How Human-caused Sounds Affect Marine Mammals</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.the-scientist.com/content/images/articles/55031/26-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://images.the-scientist.com/content/images/articles/55031/26-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nabbing bats' nemesis</span></span><br />TheScientist.com - www.the-scientist.com<br />01 Oct 2008<br />K Campbell<br />Image courtesy of K Campbell<br />Area: Pennsylvania, United States<br /><br />Turner, an endangered mammal biologist, is at the start of a two-year study on White Nose Syndrome for the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Natural Resources Defense Council. Early signs of the disease have aroused suspicions in other parts of Pennsylvania. "It's knocking on our doorstep," says Turner. "We know that for sure." So far, the state likely remains WNS-free, giving researchers an important window into a still-mysterious disease. "If the disease spreads to [unaffected regions] next year, we will be able to track what happens when WNS first enters an area and gain a better understanding of how the disease progresses within individual animals and within the populations," says Elizabeth Buckles, an assistant professor and bat researcher at Cornell University.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/55031/">>>>FULL ARTICLE</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;">Image Courtesy of <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/animal-photos-week11/index.html">National Geographic News - Animal Photos Weekly</a></span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/animal-photos-week11/images/primary/04-animals-461sp100208.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/animal-photos-week11/images/primary/04-animals-461sp100208.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7647325.stm">Hi-tech windows into a whale's world</a></li><li><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/SPORTS10/810020409/1217/SPORTS">More to be known about CWD</a></li><li><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/01/kauai-endangered-species.html">Ecosystem May Get Endangered Species Protection</a></li><li><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1001-hance_frogs.html">Good news for amphibians: three new species and one "extinct" frog discovered</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081002-reptiles-warming.html?source=rss">More Females Due to Warming Won't Wipe Out Reptiles?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20080110-18236-2.html">Colonising fish could save the reef</a></li><li><a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282413/3/">Unsafe levels of mercury found in Jordanelle Reservoir fish</a> - Wasatch County, Utah, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Jordanelle%20Reservoir,%20Wasatch%20County,%20Utah,%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.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7645011.stm">Malta 'bird slaughter' condemned </a></li></ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/409948139" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/409948139/top-stories-turbines-no-risk-to-farm.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-stories-turbines-no-risk-to-farm.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4445212772225479003</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-02T10:54:50.880-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2008/0930/20080930__ssjm1001frogeaters%7E1_Viewer.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2008/0930/20080930__ssjm1001frogeaters%7E1_Viewer.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mosquitofish defend against West Nile, but also munch protected amphibians</span></span><br />Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com<br />30 Sep 2008<br />L Krieger<br />Area: California, United States<br /><span id="mn_Global"><span id="mn_MyCity_Article"><p>The scrappy little mosquitofish has been our champion in the fight against the insect-borne West Nile virus. But for local amphibians, already struggling to survive, it is something else entirely. Scientists have learned this pit bull of ichthyology has an insatiable appetite for tadpoles — including those of the threatened red-legged frog and the endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander. That has sent biologists draining ponds in an attempt to evict the fish; in one San Jose pond, the frog returned this spring.</p></span></span><a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/science/ci_10577784?nclick_check=1"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/saratoga/ci_10603093">>>>FULL ART</a><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/saratoga/ci_10603093">ICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.pressofatlanticcity.com/smedia/2008/10/01/11/305-6171449.standalone.prod_affiliate.101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 162px;" src="http://media.pressofatlanticcity.com/smedia/2008/10/01/11/305-6171449.standalone.prod_affiliate.101.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here a quack, there a quack</span></span><br />Press of Atlantic City - www.pressofatlanticcity.com<br />01 Oct 2008<br />B Leach<br />Image courtesy of Press of Atlantic City<br /><br />The crowds might have left for the season, but there is still one group of visitors that flocks to southern New Jersey as the weather gets colder: ducks. The banding of ducks - placing metal tags on their feet and keeping track of their species, their ages and their sex - is a useful tool to get a sense of what duck populations are like in southern New Jersey. But once migrating ducks start making this area their home, that task becomes much more difficult.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/179/story/272870.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0809/marine_debris_0925.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 146px;" src="http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0809/marine_debris_0925.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Dangers of America's Underwater Junkyard</span></span><br />Time - www.time.com<br />01 Oct 2008<br />E Driscoll<br />Photo Courtesy of Ocean Conservancy<br /><br />Below America's waters lies a junkyard. Every year, thousands of boats, barges and ships sink or are abandoned in the U.S., having been rendered unusable due to accidents, weather damage, age or an owner's financial duress, and the vast majority of them are never recovered."You go to any harbor or shoreline in the country and you'll find derelict and abandoned vessels," said Doug Helton, acting director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1846014,00.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">City Bears Get Fat, Die Young</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.livescience.com/images/080930-bears-dumpster-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 132px;" src="http://i.livescience.com/images/080930-bears-dumpster-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Live Science - www.livescience.com<br />30 Sep 2008<br />Photo Courtesy of Jon Beckmann/Wildlife Conservation Society<br /><br />As bears spend more time near cities, the animals gain weight, get pregnant at a younger age and die young, violent deaths. A new study of black bears near the populated Lake Tahoe, Nev., area found an alarming percentage are hit by cars. "Urban areas are becoming the ultimate bear traps," said Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Jon Beckmann, the study's lead author. "Because of an abundant food source — namely garbage — bears are being drawn in from backcountry areas into urbanized landscapes where they meet their demise."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/080930-city-bears.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://www.berrymaninstitute.org/journal/fall2008/Beckmann_Lackey.pdf">Carnivores, urban landscapes, and longitudinal studi</a><a href="http://www.berrymaninstitute.org/journal/fall2008/Beckmann_Lackey.pdf">es: a case history of black bears</a><br />Human–Wildlife Conflicts 2(2):168–174, Fall 2008<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/pictures/2008/08/08/bee1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 133px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/pictures/2008/08/08/bee1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Soil Association urges ban on pesticides to halt bee deaths</span></span><br />The Guardian - guardian.co.uk<br />29 Sep 2008<br />A Benjamin<br />Photo Courtesy of Judi Bottoni/AP<br /><br />The Soil Association has urged the government to ban pesticides linked to honeybee deaths around the world. The chemicals are widely used in UK agriculture but have been banned as a precaution in four other European countries. Last week the Italian government issued an immediate suspension after it accepted that the pesticides were implicated in killing honeybees, joining France, Germany and Slovenia.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/29/endangeredspecies.wildlife">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/30/gallery/ocean-fish-540x380.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 165px;" src="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/30/gallery/ocean-fish-540x380.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ocean Acidification Turns Up the Volume</span></span><br />Discovery News - dsc.discovery.com<br />30 Sep 2008<br />J Marshall<br />Photo Courtesy of Getty Images<br /><br />Beyond the damage it is expected to inflict upon sensitive marine ecosystems, ocean acidification may also allow sound to travel farther underwater, creating a louder deep sea din. The change may have implications for marine mammal communication, and for military, commercial and scientific applications.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/30/ocean-acidification.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/video/player.html?bclid=1704094428">>>>WATCH VIDEO</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7616283.stm">>>>Oceans are 'too noisy' for whales</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 />Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/29/wildlife.conservation?picture=337972271">Chris van Rooyen/Wildlife photographer of the year 2008</a> - guardian.co.uk<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1222362">Man fined for moving bait from VHS positive waters</a></li></ul><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/environment/gallery/2008/sep/25/wildlife.photography/50-5882.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 171px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/environment/gallery/2008/sep/25/wildlife.photography/50-5882.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/01/kauai-endangered-species.html">Ecosystem May Get Endangered Species Protection</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/10/01/news/wyoming/99b772af9453b4a2872574d40083af01.txt">Disease response bill moves forward</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news.php?story_id=41717&amp;newsgroup_id=">DNR deer disease approach praised</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_274113358.html">Hundreds of dead birds found outside high school</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20080110-18236-2.html">Colonising fish could save the reef</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7645969.stm">Australians urged to eat kangaroo</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1222362"><br /></a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7645969.stm"></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Emerging Infectious Diseases - Ahead of Print Articles<br /><br /></span><span>Framework for Leadership and Training of Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory Workers<br /><br />Delinquent Mortgages, Neglected Swimming Pools, and West Nile Virus, California</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/eid/upcoming.htm">>>>TO ARTICLES</a><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/408941094" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/408941094/top-stories-hungry-mosquitofish-defense.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-stories-hungry-mosquitofish-defense.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4356501470687371866</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00.780-05:00</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.wildlifeextra.com/resources/listimg/old_images/m/minke-rubbish@large.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.wildlifeextra.com/resources/listimg/old_images/m/minke-rubbish@large.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deadly litter killing wildlife </span></span><br />Wildlife Extra - www.wildlifeextra.com<br />30 Sep 2008<br />Image courtesy of Ron Patterson/SSPCA<br />Area: England, United Kingdom<br /><br />To mark this year's World Animal Day on Saturday 4th October, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is highlighting the dangers litter poses to our wild animals. John Sutton, the Trust's Senior Waste Minimisation Officer said "There are many ways in which animals and wildlife can be harmed by litter. Animals can be cut by sharp objects like cans or broken glass, strangled by plastic can holders or fishing lines, suffocated inside plastic bags, choked or poisoned on ingested plastics or cigarette butts, or trapped inside containers like cans and bottles." "Every year animal welfare and wildlife rescue charities treat animals that have been trapped and/or injured by carelessly disposed of rubbish," he adds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/wildlife-litter723.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE </a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marine 'dead zones' leave crabs gasping</span></span><br />NewScientist - environment.newscientist.com<br />29 Sep 2008<br />C Brahic<br /><br />It's not easy being a fish these days, but it could be even harder being a crab. Research into marine "dead zones" around the world suggests that crustaceans are the first to gasp for air when oxygen levels get low. The findings, based on a review of 872 published studies of 206 ocean-floor dwelling species, also suggest that a much greater area than we thought is dangerously low on oxygen. In marine dead zones – also known as hypoxic zones – the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water becomes too low for organisms to survive.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14835-marine-dead-zones-leave-crabs-gasping.html?feedId=online-news_rss20">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Articles</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1156401">>>>Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems. Science. 2008 Aug 15;<br />321(5891): 926-929.</a><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803833105">>>>Thresholds of hypoxia for marine biodiversity. PNAS. 2008 Sep 29; ePub ahead of print.</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: 200px;" 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 />30 Sep 2008<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 Sep 30, 2008 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp">>>>Updated Wildlife Mortality Event Table</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead pigeon tests postive for West Nile</span></span><br />Macomb Journal - macombjournal.com<br />29 Sep 2008<br />Area: Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Macomb,%20McDonough%20County,%20Illinois,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A dead pigeon found Sept. 18 in Macomb has been confirmed as the first bird to test positive in McDonough County this year for West Nile virus (WNV). Due to the potential threat of West Nile virus, the McDonough County Health Department is urging citizens to take precautions and protect themselves from West Nile virus. West Nile virus is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has become infected by feeding on an infected bird. Most people with the virus have no clinical symptoms of illness, but some may become ill 3-14 days after the bite of an infected mosquito.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.macombjournal.com/news/x459459019/Dead-pigeon-tests-postive-for-West-Nile">>>>FULL ARTICLE </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/other/wnv/news/sep2908westnile.html">>>>Researchers link home foreclosures to West Nile virus outbreaks</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Image courtesy of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Wildlife-Photography-Of-The-Year-Exhibition/Media-Gallery/200809415109618?lpos=UK_News_News_in_Picture_Home_Region_2&amp;lid=GALLERY_15109618_Wildlife_Photography_Of_The_Year_Exhibition">Noam Kortler</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Wildlife-Photography-Of-The-Year-Exhibition/Media-Gallery/200809415109618?lpos=UK_News_News_in_Picture_Home_Region_2&amp;lid=GALLERY_15109618_Wildlife_Photography_Of_The_Year_Exhibition">/Wildlife Photos of the Year</a> - Sky News</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2008/Sep/Week4/15109683.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2008/Sep/Week4/15109683.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/080929-starfish-warming.html">Global Warming Costs Starfish an Arm and a Leg</a></li><li><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0930-cheetah_klein_wcn_interview.html">Cheetah population declines 90% in 100 years: An interview with Rebecca Klein of Cheetah Conservation Botswana</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/bc-itm092608.php">Is there more to prion protein than mad cow disease?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2008-09-29-voa18.cfm">Volunteers Clear Trash, Making World's Oceans Cleaner, Healthier</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/audio1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/audio1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </li><li><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/707213.html">Baby whale rescued in Keys is euthanized</a> - Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Key%20Largo,%20Monroe%20County,%20Florida,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></li><li><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-wcn_interview_mauro.html">'Snow leopard' of the Andes is one of the world's most endangered cats: An interview with Mauro Lucherini of the Andean Cat Alliance</a></li><li><a href="http://www.patagoniatimes.cl/content/view/651/1/">ISA Prompts 50 More Salmon Industry Layoffs</a></li><li><a href="http://ktar.com/?nid=6&amp;sid=966652&amp;r=1">Bullfrogs expected to die when lake is drained</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 /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http:/dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00251-08">Antibody responses in cervids (Cervus elaphus) following experimental<br />infection with Mycobacterium bovis: potential for immunodiagnosis.</a><br />Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print][online abstract only]<br />NP Harrington et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.vetres.org/index.php?option=article&amp;access=doi&amp;doi=10.1051/vetres:2008039">Adaptive strategies of Yersinia pestis to persist during inter-epizootic and epizootic periods.</a><br />Vet Res. 2008 Sep 23;40(2):1. [Epub ahead of print][free full-text available]<br />RJ Eisen and KL Gage<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-008-0192-y">Perceived Vaccination Status in Ecotourists and Risks of Anthropozoonoses.</a><br />Ecohealth. 2008 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print][online abstract only]<br />MP Muehlenbein et al.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/407939436" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/407939436/top-stories-deadly-litter-killing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s72-c/map.gif" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-stories-deadly-litter-killing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6374500475782022519</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-30T00:00:02.056-05:00</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.kenya-advisor.com/images/lesser-flamingo-lake-nakuru-national-park-kenya-all1687976.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.kenya-advisor.com/images/lesser-flamingo-lake-nakuru-national-park-kenya-all1687976.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VIDEO: Pesticides Killing Flamingos?</span></span><br />National Geographic News - news.nationalgeographic.com<br />25 Sep 2008<br />Image courtesy of www.kenya-advisor.com<br />Area: Lake Nakuru, Kenya - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lake%20Nakuru,%20Rift%20Valley,%20Kenya,%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 />Tests of the pink birds, which live in Kenya's Lake Nakuru, show heavy metals and pesticides—leading experts to suspect growing industry as the cause.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080925-flamingos-video-wc.html?source=rss">>>>VIDEO</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 12px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/camera19_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/uop-cic092908.php">>>>Common insecticide can decimate tadpole populations</a><br /><a href="http://media.www.ramcigar.com/media/storage/paper366/news/2008/09/26/News/Pesticides.Harm.Frogs.Scientist.Says-3455254.shtml">>>>Pesticides harm frogs, scientist says</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Astroviruses Identified In Bats</span></span><br />ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com (Source: American Society for Microbiology)<br />26 Sep 2008<br /><br />New research out of The University of Hong Kong, China and the HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, Hong Kong suggests that bats are reservoirs of a newly identified group of astroviruses, a significant agent of diarrhea in many species including humans. Bats are known to harbor many human zoonotic diseases such as Nipah, Ebola, and SARS and are increasingly recognized as hosts to a wide range of viruses, most of which establish long-term persistence in the animals. Astroviruses are associated with gastroenteritis in a variety of mammals including humans, but most commonly afflict children, the elderly and immunocompromised patients. Until now, most studies of astroviruses have focused on humans and domesticated animals, so little is known about potential carriers in wildlife.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926162615.htm">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cited Journal Article</span><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00857-08">>>>Novel Astroviruses in Insectivorous Bats. <span title="Journal of virology.">J Virol.</span> 2008 Sep; 82(18): 9107-14.</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--batdie-off0926sep26,0,3963413.story">>>>6 caves closed to protect bats</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1206544139OPNEWS1-Sea-Lion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.emagazine.com/images/upload/1206544139OPNEWS1-Sea-Lion.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saving Sea Lions</span></span><br />KQED - www.kqed.org<br />29 Sep 2008<br />Image courtesy of U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife<br />Area: California, United States - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=California,%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 />As emblematic of Northern California as cable cars and cracked crab, sea lions are a big attraction at San Francisco's Pier 39 and Monterey's Cannery Row. But many of these animals are getting sick from a bacterial infection that seems to be on the rise this year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R809290833?itemMD5=a348c7000e9a181f8f85eb2b78c735a6">>>>AUDIO</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;" src="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/documents/Images/listen-icons-16x16.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.2news.tv/news/local/29801104.html">>>>Sea lion found killed in Ore. river</a> - Willamette River, Oregon, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Willamette%20River,%20Clackamas%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></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.apn.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/160469.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://media.apn.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/160469.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Suffering in silence </span></span><br />New Zealand Herald - www.nzherald.co.nz<br />27 Sep 2008<br />Area: New Zealand - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Northland,%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 />Dr Phil Bishop is happy. Some frogs have croaked, as in died. Why does that bring a smile to his face? Because he is confident he can isolate the cause of death, in this case a fungus he has been researching for the past five years. In August, a Dunedin enthusiast bought several green and golden bell frogs, an introduced species, from a supplier in the North Island where the amphibians live, only to discover they have been dying at regular intervals. The good news is, some are still alive.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10534427">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7591070.stm">>>>Q&amp;A: The frog-killer fungus </a><a href="http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/259830"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080926-extinct-chytrid-frog-honduras-missions.html?source=rss">>>>"Extinct" Frog Found in Honduras, Experts Say<br /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Image courtesy of WCN</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos.mongabay.com/08/0928painted.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://photos.mongabay.com/08/0928painted.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0928-wcn_interview_blinston.html">Pictured: Painted Dog population falls 99%, but community efforts could save species</a><br /><a href="http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/lifestyle/health_and_environment/x1774796218/West-Nile-found-in-Norwood-bird">West Nile found in Norwood bird</a> - Norwood, Massachusetts, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Norwood,%20Norfolk%20County,%20Massachusetts,%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 /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2375041.htm?site=science&amp;topic=latest">Promising signs on abalone virus</a><br /><a href="http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1222197">Biting back against rabies</a> - Malawi - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Malawi,%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 /><a href="http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2008/09/chronic_wasting_disease_testin.html">Chronic Wasting Disease testing finds more than 500 deer clean</a><br /><a href="http://reptilechannel.com/reptile-magazines/reptiles-magazine/december-2008/inclusion-body-disease.aspx?cm_sp=InternalClicks-_-RelatedArticles-_-reptile-magazines/reptiles-magazine/december-2008/inclusion-body-disease">Diagnosing Snake Inclusion Body Disease and the Value of a Snake Necropsy</a><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4828295.ece">Woman ‘given bovine TB by garden badger'</a><br /><a href="http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143995803&amp;cid=4">Is it viable to explore bushmeat?</a><br /><a href="http://www.record-bee.com/ci_10572458?source=most_emailed">Lake County residents advised to bury dead fish</a> - Lakeport, Lake County, California, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Lakeport,%20Lake%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 /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000161"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Evolutionary Dynamics and Emergence of Panzootic H5N1 Influenza Viruses</span></a><br />PLoS Pathogens. 2008; 4(9): e1000161 [free full-text available]<br />D Vijaykrishna et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00004-08">Cross-Species Virus Transmission and the Emergence of New Epidemic Diseases</a><br />Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 2008 Sep; 72(3): 457-470<br />[online abstract only]<br />CR Parrish<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cell.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0092867408009501"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crossing the Species Barrier by PrPSc Replication In Vitro Generates Unique</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Infectious Prions</span></a><br />Cell. 2008 Sep 05; 134: 757-768 [online abstract only]<br />J Castilla et al.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/r74q66625524/">European Journal of Wildlife Research - October 2008</a><br />Volume 54, Number 4<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm?s_cid=eidindex_e">Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 2008</a><br />Volume 14, Number 10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/406942451" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/406942451/top-stories-video-pesticides-killing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-stories-video-pesticides-killing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-3325655780418624482</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-05T18:22:22.923-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00404/toad385_404613a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 403px; height: 192px;" src="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00404/toad385_404613a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Amphibians facing a wipeout by 2050</span><br />Times Online - timesonline.co.uk<br />26 Sep 2008<br />L Smith<br />Photo courtesy of Times Online<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sir David Attenborough has joined scientists in an alert on how climate change and disease may lead to </span><span style="font-style: italic;">extinction</span><br /><br />Half of Europe’s amphibian species could be wiped out in the next 40 years. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London say that the combined force of climate change, pollution, disease and habitat loss and degradation has left many with “nowhere to run”. After assessing the amphibians’ prospects, they predicted that more than 50 per cent of the 81 species native to Europe faced extinction by 2050.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4828032.ece">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/audio/2008/sep/26/wildlife">>>>Amphibian annihilation: "Gloomy assessment from zoological society"</a> [Audio]<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife1?picture=337988267">>>>Europe's amphibians at risk</a> [photo gallery]<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dolphin found dead on beach had pneumonia for months</span><br />New Jersey News - www.nj.com<br />26 Sep 2008<br />M Spoto<br /><br />The dead dolphin that washed ashore in Fair Haven had pneumonia and showed symptoms of the illness nearly three months ago, officials said yesterday. Without complete necropsy results, animal rescuers and federal wildlife officials cannot definitively say whether the pulmonary condition caused the death of the young bottlenose dolphin. But they said the preliminary finding will be useful in trying to determine whether other members of its pod are at risk for the same fate.<br /><br />After the dolphin was found early Wednesday morning on a beach on the Navesink River, tensions reignited between the rescuers, who want the mammals moved to the ocean as soon as possible, and officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who want to let the animals find their own way to the ocean<br /><br />Moving the pod without knowing the cause of death of this dolphin could put other marine life at risk "if it's something that can be introduced if we move them somewhere else," Frady said.<br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1222403154212470.xml&amp;coll=1"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1222403154212470.xml&amp;coll=1">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saving Sea Lions</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> [Leptospirosis]</span></span><br />KQED Radio - www.kqed.com<br />29 Sep 2008<br />A Standen<br /><br />As emblematic of Northern California as cable cars and cracked crab, sea lions are a big attraction at San Francisco's Pier 39 and Monterey's Cannery Row. But many of these animals are getting sick from a bacterial infection that seems to be on the rise this year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R809290633?itemMD5=ae13ac76fadb9ca0815f322778bf6a9c">>>>TO AUDIO BROADCAST</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/2475592137_38c54ca05a_o-150x150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 239px;" src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/2475592137_38c54ca05a_o-150x150.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MCPA tightens rules on ballast water, invas</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ive species</span></span><br />Minnesota Independent - www.minnesotaindependent.com<br />24 Sep 2008<br />T Elko<br />Photo courtesy of Minnesota Independent<br /><br /><br />The Minnesota Pollution Control Authority (MPCA) citizen board voted 6-0 to move ahead with regulations on discharge of untreated ballast in state waters on Tuesday. The new rules put in place a permitting process for ballast discharges in Lake Superior and require ships to clean and treat their ballasts before entering the lake by 2016...Many Great Lakes advocates remain skeptical of the EPA’s ballast efforts and believe the MPCA’s action is necessary to protect state resources from the onslaught of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) and other invasives that have yet to arrive in Minnesota.<br /><a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/9946/mpca-takes-on-ballast-water"><br /></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/9946/mpca-takes-on-ballast-water">>>>FULL STORY</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two foxes test positive for rabies in Hornbrook</span></span><br />Siskiyou Daily News - www.siskiyoudailynews.com<br />24 Sep 2008<br />Area: Hornbrook, California - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Hornbrook,%20Siskiyou%20County,%20California,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251189949083419730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Siskiyou County Public Health and Community Development Department issued a press release alerting residents of the R-Ranch Campground on the Klamath River and surrounding areas that a second fox tested positive for rabies on Sept. 19. The Siskiyou County Public Health and Community Development Department is seeking any information on potential exposures to humans or other pets and wildlife in the area.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x1291580152/Two-foxes-test-positive-for-rabies-in-Hornbrook">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Rabies News</span><br /><a href="http://www.newschannel9.com/news/rabies_971821___article.html/tennessee_health.html">>>>Rabies Vaccine to Be Airdropped beginning Sept. 26</a><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Photo courtesy of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/sep/26/conservation.wildlife?picture=337973034">The Week in Wildlife</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> - guardian.co.uk</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Nile Virus News</span><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/environment/gallery/2008/sep/25/1/GD8950888@A-white-tiger-relax-2774.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 325px;" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/environment/gallery/2008/sep/25/1/GD8950888@A-white-tiger-relax-2774.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1186232,4_1_JO26_GNILE_S1.article">Bird in Grundy tests positive for West Nile </a>- <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Grundy%20County,%20Illinois,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251189949083419730" border="0" /></a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.parisstaronline.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1218109">Two crows test positive for West Nile in Brant: Health Unit</a> - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Ontario,%20Canada,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251189949083419730" border="0" /></a></li></ul><br /><ul><li><a href="http://bhpioneer.com/articles/2008/09/25/sports/northern_hills_sports/doc48dbc2fa0e9f6317574777.txt">Deer found dead from EHD virus</a> - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Spear,%20Lawrence%20County,%20South%20Dakota,%20United%20States,%20North%20America&amp;z=5">Map It <img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s200/map.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251189949083419730" border="0" /></a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.bradenton.com/breakingsports/story/912141.html">FWC warns hunters to be careful when handing wild hogs</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=87681&amp;section=Outdoors&amp;freebie_check&amp;CFID=92882974&amp;CFTOKEN=23678611&amp;jsessionid=8830dad055674d192549">Crews complete cleanup on Lake of the Woods islands </a>[Newcastle Disease]</li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/30934/">Marine Debris Will Likely Increase Without Improved Management</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/09/25/researchers_discover_that_growing_up_too_fast_may_mean_dying_young_in_honey_bees.html">Researchers discover that growing up too fast may mean dying young in honeybees</a></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />LAST WEEK'S TOP READ LINKS</span></span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1679&amp;context=icwdm_usdanwrc">Chapter 16 - Wildlife disease management: an insurmountable challenge</a></li><li><a href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/September-08/Texas-Man-Charged-With-Loosing-Feral-Pigs-in-Wisconsin--.html">Texas Man Charged With Loosing Feral Pigs in Wisconsin</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080924-fossey-gorilla-missions.html">Dian Fossey's Gorillas Exhumed for Investigation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19926734.400-new-form-of-mad-cow-disease-could-infect-humans.html">New form of 'mad cow' disease could infect humans</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/FON0101/809240526/1289">Woman faces problems with township over exotic animals</a></li><li><a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1705&amp;context=icwdm_usdanwrc">Chapter 15 - The introducation and emergance of wildlife disease in North America</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080911-unicorn-photo.html?source=rss">PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Wild Okapi Caught on Film -- A First</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sunherald.com/newsupdates/story/836086.html">Visiting flamingo left dead at wildlife rescue center</a></li><li><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/catastrophic-fall-in-numbers-reveals-bird-populations-in-crisis-throughout-the-world-937573.html">Catastrophic fall in numbers reveals bird populations in crisis throughout the world</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=one_health">One Planet, One Health</a></li></ol><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/405957026" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/405957026/top-stories-amphibians-facing-wipeout.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_khN-XMcdFCQ/SN_5b8s4BFI/AAAAAAAAAtE/TXO2TNmU2zk/s72-c/map.gif" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-stories-amphibians-facing-wipeout.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4895647802200379906</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-26T00:00:00.693-05:00</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.zandavisitor.com/dailynews/Image//0809/435/R200_1aaalondonFrog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.zandavisitor.com/dailynews/Image//0809/435/R200_1aaalondonFrog.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sir David Attenborough Tells London Zoo Audience That European Amphibians Are In Trouble</span></span><br />Zoo and Aquarium Visitor - www.zandavisitor.com<br />25 Sep 2008<br />K Munns<br /><br />Factors including climate change, habitat destruction and disease could wipe out more than half of Europe’s amphibians by 2050, according to scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Scientists at ZSL presented evidence for this, and their plans for future amphibian conservation, at a special event hosted by Sir David Attenborough, world-renowned naturalist, well-loved broadcaster and amphibian enthusiast. “Amphibians are the lifeblood of many environments, playing key roles in the functions of ecosystems, and it is both extraordinary and terrifying that in just a few decades the world could lose half of all these species,” commented Sir David Attenborough. “I am delighted to be working with the Zoological Society of London to promote amphibian conservation, in the hope that we will not be hearing the dying croaks of these amazing creatures in the years to come.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-435-Sir_David_Attenborough_Tells_London_Zoo_Audience_That_European_Amphibians_Are_In_Trouble">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://newsblaze.com/story/20080924151623tsop.nb/topstory.html">>>>International Efforts Aim to Avert Disaster for Amphibians</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">EXCLUSIVE: Bovine TB spread presents human health risk, scientists claim</span></span><br />Farmers Guardian - www.farmersguardian.com<br />25 Sep 2008<br />A Driver<br />Area: England, United Kingdom<br /><br />The high level of Bovine TB infection circulating in cattle and wildlife across parts of the country is posing an ongoing health risk to humans, a scientific paper has warned. The paper discusses the case of a former veterinary nurse and her dog, from Cornwall, who contracted the same of the strain of the disease last year. It identifies badgers known to inhabit the woman’s garden as a possible source of infection. The woman was diagnosed with bTB in late 2007, having felt unwell and suffered from a persistent cough for some time. Her daughter was also confirmed with latent bTB infection. Both were treated with a course of drugs.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&amp;storycode=21524">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2008/09/25/391b052afcfd51f99b21684d1d7600f5-grande.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://cdn.wn.com/o25/ph//2008/09/25/391b052afcfd51f99b21684d1d7600f5-grande.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now two gorillas suspected of milk-powder poisoning</span></span><br />Reuters - uk.reuters.com<br />25 Sep 2008<br />Image courtesy of Creative Commons File /TKnoxB from Chemainus, BC, Canada<br />Hangzhou Wildlife World, Zhejiang Province, China - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Hangzhou%20Wildlife%20World,%20Zhejiang,%20China,%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 />Two gorillas are suspected of becoming the latest victims of China's tainted milk-powder health scandal, showing the early signs of kidney stones, local media reported on Thursday. The gorillas, both from Hangzhou Wildlife World in eastern Zhejiang province and aged one and three, had been diagnosed with crystallization in their urine, according to a report on the website of the Hangzhou newspaper ( www.hangzhou.com.cn). Both had been fed with milk powder made by Sanlu Group, at the heart of the scandal in which four infants have died and thousands have fallen sick with kidney stones. The company has said the infants became sick after drinking milk contaminated by melamine, a compound used in making plastics and added to cheat nutrition tests.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE48O20H20080925">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Death of dolphin prompts call to act</span></span><br />Daily Record - www.dailyrecord.com<br />25 Sep 2008<br />TB Bates and C Vega<br />Area: Fair Haven, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Fair%20Haven,%20Monmouth%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><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Likely pneumonia case has some seeking the evacuation of others</span><br /><br />A bottlenose dolphin washed up dead along the Navesink River Wednesday morning, triggering calls for a federal plan to evacuate the remaining dolphins. Preliminary results show that the young dolphin had pneumonia, said Robert C. Schoelkopf, founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine. A local resident found the dolphin close to where about 10 to 16 dolphins have been seen in recent weeks. The marine mammals have attracted numerous boaters and other sightseers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NEWS02/809250343/1123">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=e3d50ad3-1da8-4227-9beb-336e7b29b8eb">>>>Rescued porpoise makes remarkable recovery</a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead crow in Markham had West Nile, tests show</span></span><br />Georgina Advocate - www.georginaadvocate.com<br />25 Sep 2008<br />S Joseph<br />Area: Markham, Ontario, Canada - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Markham,%20Ontario,%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><br /><br />A dead bird has tested positive for West Nile Virus in Markham, the first bird reported in York Region this season. “Lab results have confirmed one bird and an additional mosquito pool have tested positive for West Nile Virus,” said Dr. Karim Kurji, York Region Medical Officer of Health. “Mosquitoes are active until the first hard frost of the year and residents must remain vigilant about protecting themselves and their families.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Markham/article/81758">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><a href="http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_268212856.html"><br /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_268212856.html">>>>Health Department confirms West Nile in crow from Vigo</a> - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Vigo%20County,%20Indiana,%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><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;">Image courtesy of Biology News Net - www.biologynews.net</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/09/24/10043_rel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/09/24/10043_rel.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2008/09/24/great_bustards_to_be_released_on_salisbury_plain.html">Great bustards to be released on Salisbury Plain</a></li><li><a href="http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=95EA5165E9A16579124D90F828B74A16">Harmless bird flu found in Duhok</a></li><li><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080924-fossey-gorilla-missions.html">Dian Fossey's Gorillas Exhumed for Investigation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/September-08/Texas-Man-Charged-With-Loosing-Feral-Pigs-in-Wisconsin--.html">Texas Man Charged With Loosing Feral Pigs in Wisconsin</a></li><li><a href="http://westernfarmpress.com/news/bovine-tuberculosis-0924/">USDA changes California’s bovine tuberculosis status</a></li><li><a href="http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-09-24-0138.html">Crab-fishery disaster declared</a> [Maryland and Virginia]</li><li><a href="http://www.porkworld.com.br/index.php?documento=4596">Emerging Animal Diseases and International Trade</a></li></ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/403459139" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/403459139/top-stories-sir-david-attenborough.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-stories-sir-david-attenborough.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5817149571123689643</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-25T00:00:01.704-05:00</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.tufts.edu/home/feature/one_health/one_health_pic1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/one_health/one_health_pic1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">One Planet, One Health</span></span><br />Tufts University - www.tufts.edu<br />22 Sep 2008<br />Area: United States<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As animal and human welfare are increasingly intertwined, veterinarians are playing a key role in keeping us all thriving.</span><br /><br />Kristine Smith, V02, is garbed in face mask and gloves, taking blood samples from white swans. It's not unusual work for a veterinarian, except that Smith isn't in a clinic—she's by an isolated lake in northern Mongolia. And it's not the only place she's done this kind of work. In the last several years, she's been in locales as far-flung as South Africa, Kazakhstan and Cambodia. Her goal is simple, even if achieving it isn't: to understand the transmission of avian influenza by wild birds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=one_health">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7633208.stm"><br /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hundreds of dead carp discovered at Cooke Pond</span></span><br />Oscoda Press - www.oscodapress.com<br />24 Sep 2008<br />Area: Oscoda, Michigan, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Oscoda,%20Iosco%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 />Something is fishy at Cooke Pond in Oscoda, with the die-off of hundreds of carp from the pond, according to residents. Clarence Raymond, who has been fishing in the area since the 1960s, said he first noticed the dead fish a little more than a week ago. “I didn’t see anything until a friend of mine came out and said, ‘Did you see all the dead carp?’ I went down and checked and, sure enough, they were there.”<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.oscodapress.com/articles/2008/09/24/news/news03.txt">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/resources/images/655517/?type=display"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/resources/images/655517/?type=display" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Myxomatosis threat to rabbits at nature reserve</span></span><br />Echo News - www.echo-news.co.uk<br />24 Sep 2008<br />M Knight<br />Area: Langdon Nature Reserve, Langdon Hills, England, UK - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Langdon%20Hills,%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 />RABBITS in a popular nature reserve are under threat following an outbreak of myxomatosis. The disease, which kills rabbits, is currently rife at Langdon Nature Reserve in Langdon Hills. Keen walker Kay Succa-more, of Fraser Close, Laindon, told how she spotted an infected rabbit while out in the park on Monday. She later had her fears confirmed by a warden who found another dead rabbit near the reserve’s lake. Mrs Succamore said: “I saw this rabbit just sitting there.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/3697105.Myxomatosis_threat_to_rabbits_at_nature_reserve/">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2008/09/large_dolphintight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2008/09/large_dolphintight.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dolphin is found dead in Fair Haven on bank of Navsink</span></span><br />The Star-Ledger - www.nj.com<br />24 Sep 2008<br />Area: Fair Haven, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Fair%20Haven,%20Monmouth%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><br /><br />A 40-foot-long decomposed whale has washed ashore on a Plymouth beach, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. . . . The Coast Guard sent out a 25-foot boat crew this morning to search for any boats that may have struck the whale, she said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is aware of the beaching and has sent a response crew with the New England Aquarium to confirm reports that a whale has washed ashore and identify the species, said Mendy Garron, the NOAA’s northeast region marine mammal stranding coordinator. A dead whale had been seen floating in the area for about a week, but it’s unclear if the whale that washed ashore this morning is that same whale, said Kate Sardi, a senior biologist in the rescue department of the New England Aquarium.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/dolphin_is_found_dead_in_fair.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_09_23_Dead_whale_washes_ashore_in_Plymouth/srvc=home&amp;position=0">>>>Dead whale washes ashore in Plymouth</a> - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Plymouth,%20Plymouth%20County,%20Massachusetts,%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><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: 200px;" 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 />24 Sep 2008<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 Sep 23, 2008 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;">Dead crow tests positive for virus</span></span><br />Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette - www.telegram.com<br />24 Sep 2008<br />G Stanton<br />Area: Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Winchendon,%20Worcester%20County,%20Massachusetts,%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 Board of Health announced yesterday that a dead bird found on Hall Road has tested positive for West Nile virus. “It was a crow,” said Health Inspector James Abare. “A resident found it.” The bird was found on Sept. 17 and the Health Department was immediately contacted. The town received the test results back late Monday afternoon.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.telegram.com/article/20080924/NEWS/809240362/1003/NEWS03">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related News</span><br /><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008197896_apwawestnilevirus1stldwritethru.html">>>>West Nile Virus found in Western Washington birds</a> - King County, Washington, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=King%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> and Thurston County, Washington, USA - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Thurston%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></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;">Image courtesy of University of Kent</span></span><br /><br /><ul><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/09/080919075127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/09/080919075127.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080919075127.htm">Pictured: Conservation Program In Rwanda Helps Turn Gorilla Poachers Into Ecotourism Guides</a></li><li><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200809220228.html">Cameroon: Cifor Warns Against Uncontrolled Bush Meat Hunt</a></li><li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/24/2372682.htm?site=idx-tas">More abalone sampling today</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sunherald.com/newsupdates/story/836086.html">Visiting flamingo left dead at wildlife rescue center</a></li><li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/24/2372770.htm">Hope for funds to help koala disease research</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080924/FON0101/809240526/1289">Woman faces problems with township over exotic animals</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/466031.html">California reports three cases of bovine tuberculosis</a></li><li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7633208.stm">Bovine TB wipeout plan announced</a><br /></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 /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-008-0190-0">Chytridiomycosis and Amphibian Population Declines Continue to Spread<br />Eastward in Panama</a><br />EcoHealth. 2008; Epub ahead of print [online abstract only]<br />DC Woodhams et al.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~4/402492501" height="1" width="1"/></description><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WildlifeDiseaseNews/~3/402492501/top-stories-one-planet-one-health-tufts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information Node [WDIN])</author><feedburner:origLink>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-stories-one-planet-one-health-tufts.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7729460117793274208</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-24T00:00:01.748-05:00</atom:updated><title /><description><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">TOP STORIES</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00055/wheatear_55508t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00055/wheatear_55508t.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catastrophic fall in numbers reveals bird populations in crisis throughout the world</span></span><br />The Independent - www.independent.co.uk<br />22 Sep 2008<br />Image courtesy of Wikicommons<br />M McCarthy<br /><br />The birds of the world are in serious trouble, and common species are in now decline all over the globe, a comprehensive new review suggests today. From the turtle doves of Europe to the vultures of India, from the bobwhite quails of the US to the yellow cardinals of Argentina, from the eagles of Africa to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean, the numbers of once-familiar birds are tumbling everywhere, according to the study from the conservation partnership BirdLife International. Their falling populations are compelling evidence of a rapid deterioration in the global environment that is affecting all life on earth – including human life, BirdLife says in its report, State of The World's Birds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/catastrophic-fall-in-numbers-reveals-bird-populations-in-crisis-throughout-the-world-937573.html">>>>FULL ARTICLE<br /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Modest CO2 cutbacks may be too little, too late for coral reefs</span></span><br />EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org<br />22 Sep 2008<br /><br />How much carbon dioxide is too much? According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to "prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." But scientists have come to realize that an even more acute danger than climate change is lurking in the world's oceans—one that is likely to be triggered by CO2 levels that are modest by climate standards. Ocean acidification could devastate coral reefs and other marine ecosystems even if atmospheric carbon dioxide stabilizes at 450 ppm, a level well below that of many climate change forecasts, report chemical oceanographers Long Cao and Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/ci-mcc092208.php">>>>FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theherald.com.au/multimedia/images/large/363485.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.theherald.com.au/multimedia/images/large/363485.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fears bird deaths point to toxic lake</span></span><br />The Herald - www.theherald.com.au<br />23 Sep 2008<br />Area: Tuggarah Lake, New South Wales, Australia - <a href="http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp?id=Tuggarah%20Lake,%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; he