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Brought to you by the Wildlife Data Integration Network (WDIN)</a>http://wdin.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])Blogger1847125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4233048401231985753Wed, 02 Jul 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-07-02T00:30:00.467-05:00Journal Digest<div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 182px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 670px;" /></a><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">.</span></div> <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0758-8_7" target="_blank">Wild bird surveillance for avian influenza virus</a></b><br /> Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1161:69-81. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0758-8_7<br /> Brown JD, Poulson R, Stallknecht DE.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2014.04.009" target="_blank">Perpetuation and reassortment of gull influenza A viruses in Atlantic North America</a></b><br /> Virology. 2014 May;456-457:353-63. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.04.009. Epub 2014 Apr 28.<br /> Huang Y et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-11-89">Viral metagenomic analysis of feces of wild small carnivores</a></b><br /> Virol J. 2014 May 15;11(1):89. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-89.<br /> Bodewes R et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.025" target="_blank">Association of a lukM-positive clone of Staphylococcus aureus with fatal exudative dermatitis in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris)</a></b><br /> Vet Microbiol. 2013 Mar 23;162(2-4):987-91. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.025. Epub 2012 Nov 2. <br /> Simpson VR et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12194">Temporal patterns in immunity, infection load and disease susceptibility: understanding the drivers of host responses in the amphibian-chytrid fungus system</a></b><br /> Functional Ecology. 2014 Jun; 28(3): 569–578. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12194<br /> Stephanie S. Gervasi et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/database/bau008">The EMPRES-i genetic module: a novel tool linking epidemiological outbreak information and genetic characteristics of influenza viruses </a></b><br /> Database. 2014; bau008 doi: 10.1093/database/bau008<br /> Filip Claes et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098613" target="_blank">Monitoring Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in the Information Age: How Smartphones Can Improve Data Collection</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(6): e98613. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098613<br /> Olson DD, Bissonette JA, Cramer PC, Green AD, Davis ST, et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02732">Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence and haplotypes in domestic and imported pet amphibians in Japan</a> </b><br /> Tamukai K, Une Y, Tominaga A, Suzuki K, Goka K (2014)<br /> Dis Aquat Org 109:165-175<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.009" target="_blank">First evidence of hemoplasma infection in free-ranging Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)</a></b><br /> Vet Microbiol. 2013 Mar 23;162(2-4):972-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.009. Epub 2012 Oct 16. <br /> Krengel A et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.04.009" target="_blank">Fish pathogens near the Arctic Circle: molecular, morphological and ecological evidence for unexpected diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Iceland</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol. 2014 Jun 11. pii: S0020-7519(14)00122-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.04.009. [Epub ahead of print] <br /> Blasco-Costa I et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.05.007" target="_blank">Gross and microscopic pathology of hard and soft corals in New Caledonia</a></b><br /> J Invertebr Pathol. 2014 Jun 10. pii: S0022-2011(14)00082-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.05.007. [Epub ahead of print] <br /> Work TM et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100061" target="_blank">Extreme Heterogeneity in Parasitism Despite Low Population Genetic Structure among Monarch Butterflies Inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 Jun 13;9(6):e100061. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100061. eCollection 2014. <br /> Pierce AA1, de Roode JC1, Altizer S2, Bartel RA3.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3313" target="_blank">Demographic consequences of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants in a vulnerable long-lived bird, the wandering albatross</a></b><br /> Proc Biol Sci. 2014 Jul 22;281(1787). pii: 20133313. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3313. Epub 2014 Jun 11. <br /> Goutte A et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.12.002" target="_blank">Trichomonas stableri n. sp., an agent of trichomonosis in Pacific Coast band-tailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata monilis)</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2013 Dec 28;3(1):32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.12.002. eCollection 2014. <br /> Girard YA et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.05.029" target="_blank">Diffusion of influenza viruses among migratory birds with a focus on the Southwest United States</a></b><br /> Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Jun 6. pii: S1567-1348(14)00198-1. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.05.029. [Epub ahead of print] <br /> Scotch M et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003990">Evidence That Bank Vole PrP Is a Universal Acceptor for Prions</a>&nbsp;</b><br /> PLoS Pathog 10(4): e1003990. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003990<br /> Watts JC, Giles K, Patel S, Oehler A, DeArmond SJ, et al. (2014) <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v109/n2/">Disease of Aquatic Organisms - May 2014</a></b><br /> Vol. 109, No. 2 <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22132244">International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife</a> - August 2014</b><br /> Volume 3, Issue 2 http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/07/wildlife-disease-journal-digest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7143819433241355441Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-07-01T00:30:01.542-05:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES </b></span></span><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">First diseased bat identified in Columbia area</span></b><br /> <br /> A disease that is killing millions of bug-eating bats has shown up for the first time in Richland County, indicating the disorder could have broader impacts on the winged mammals than previously known.<br /> <br /> Recent laboratory tests confirmed white-nose syndrome in a bat from a site in the Columbia-area, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.<br /> <br /> The discovery is significant because it indicates the possible spread of the disease away from the mountains and into other parts of South Carolina. That’s a concern, not only as a threat to the species itself, but because bats are natural exterminators.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The State</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>30 Jun 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>S Fretwell</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.thestate.com/2014/06/30/3539782/first-diseased-bat-identified.html?sp=/99/205/&amp;ihp=1#storylink=cpy">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>More White-Nose Syndrome News</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/17/5906401/will-a-bat-killing-fungus-make.html?rh=1">&gt;&gt;&gt; Will a bat-killing fungus make it to Texas?</a></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2014/06/16/UNH_researchers_taking_part_in_whitenose_syndrome_c/">&gt;&gt;&gt; UNH researchers taking part in white-nose syndrome</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scientists Close In On What’s Killing Sea Stars</b></span><br /> <br /> Some scientists see a connection between rising water temperatures and the wasting syndrome. The waters around the San Juan Islands tend to be colder than the Washington outer coastline where dying starfish were first reported last summer. Since the arrival of warmer weather this season, the syndrome has spread rapidly to areas like the San Juan Islands that were previously untouched by the syndrome. Recent reports have also surfaced of die-offs along Oregon's coastline.<br /> <br /> “The period of time in which the disease progressed rapidly has been a period in which waters have been warmer than usual winter conditions," Blanchette said.<br /> <br /> While scientists are reluctant to assign blame to climate change, Harvell explained that as oceans warm, outbreaks like this are more likely to occur.<br /> <br /> "A warmer world would be a sicker world," Harvell said. "Under warming conditions a lot of microorganisms do better. They grow faster. They replicate faster. Many of our hosts can actually be stressed by warm conditions. And so it kind of creates a perfect storm of sickness."<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Jefferson Public Radio</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>16 Jun 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://ijpr.org/post/scientists-close-what-s-killing-sea-stars">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Disease Likely Explanation For Mysterious Bird Deaths</b></span><br /> <br /> The sudden and inexplicable deaths of dozens of birds is probably linked to a disease, says an Icelandic ornithologist.<br /> <br /> “Everything points to a disease or some other contagion at work when many adult birds die within a short period of time,” said Gunnar Þór Hallgrímsson, an ornithologist and the director of the Southwest Iceland Nature Research Institute, to Vísir.<br /> <br /> Gunnar points out that in other countries, mass bird deaths are more common, and are usually the result of the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, better known as the organism which causes botulism.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Reykjavik Grapevine</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>17 Jun 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>P Fontaine</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://grapevine.is/news/2014/06/17/disease-likely-explanation-for-mysterious-bird-deaths/">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/fungal-disease-kills-canton-falcon-chick-1.496423">Fungal disease kills Canton falcon chick</a> [trichomoniasis][Ohio, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25791161/more-animals-found-dead-near-old-hickory-lake">More Animals Found Dead Near Old Hickory Lake</a> [Tennessee, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Beached-whale-found-dead-off-island-south/31003">Beached whale found dead off island south of Phuket</a> [Thialand]</li> <li><a href="http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/06/29/3725018/summer-survey-elk-with-severe.html">SUMMER SURVEY: Elk with severe hoof disease to be killed</a> [Washington, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://poststar.com/news/local/study-to-document-disease-carrying-ticks-in-adirondacks/article_311eb836-ff0f-11e3-946f-0019bb2963f4.html">Study to document disease carrying ticks in Adirondacks</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/large-number-of-fish-die-in-three-rivers-in-assam-114062900558_1.html">Large number of fish die in three rivers in Assam</a> [India]</li> <li><a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140629/GZ07/140629264/1419">Chronic wasting disease spreads in W.Va.</a> [West Virginia, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/mapping-the-risk-of-bird-flus-spread/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=1&amp;">Mapping the Risk of Bird Flu’s Spread</a></li> </ul> <br /> <b>Fish Die-off News</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.communitypress.ca/2014/06/25/fish-die-off-caused-by-vhs-virus-mnr">Fish die-off caused by VHS virus: MNR </a>[Canada]</li> <li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Thousands-of-fish-die-in-Ganga/articleshow/37303339.cms">Thousands of fish die in Ganga</a> [India]</li> <li><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/26/canandaigua-lake-fish-die-off/11415839/">Infection killing fish in upstate N.Y. lake</a> [New York, USA]</li> </ul> <br /> <b>Hey! It Ain't All Bad News</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1707&amp;cookieConsent=A">Corals could be cured using probiotic like Yakult</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/red-squirrels-merseyside-inspiring-hope-7297321">Watch: Red squirrels on Merseyside inspiring hope species can beat deadly virus</a></li> </ul> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/07/disease-likely-explanation-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4253076629936489431Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-06-10T00:30:03.138-05:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TOP STORIES</span></b></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scientists still puzzled over cause of elk hoof disease</b></span><br /> <br /> Scientists researching the cause of elk hoof disease in Southwest Washington have more questions than answers about the condition that causes the animals to limp in pain.... At meetings and in publications, WDFW has indicated that researchers believe the disease is caused by the treponeme bacteria, which has been linked to hoof disease in cows and sheep in many parts of the world.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Longview Daily News</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>07 Jun 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>T Paulu</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jun/07/outdoors-scientists-puzzled-cause-elk-hoof-rot/">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Parasites fail to halt European bumblebee invasion of the UK</b></span><br /> <br /> A species of bee from Europe that has stronger resistance to parasite infections than native bumblebees has spread across the UK, according to new research. The study shows that tree bumblebees have rapidly spread despite them carrying high levels of an infection that normally prevents queen bees from producing colonies. The species arrived in the UK from continental Europe 13 years ago and has successfully spread at an average rate of nearly 4,500 square miles -- about half the size of Wales -- every year.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Science Daily </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>03 Jun 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140603231042.htm">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Catherine M. Jones, Mark J. F. Brown. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12235">Parasites and genetic diversity in an invasive bumblebee</a></b>. Journal of Animal Ecology, 2014; DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12235</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Killer ranavirus threatens frogs, turtles in Delaware</b></span><br /> <br /> A virus partially blamed for a worldwide amphibian decline has made its way to Delaware and the region, killing tadpoles and raising fears it will spread to reptile species.<br /> <br /> The ranavirus, a type of virus that affects cold-blooded species, has been found in wood frog tadpoles in all of Delaware's counties and eight in Maryland. And there is concern it could impact iconic reptile species like the Eastern box turtle or endangered species like the bog turtle.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>USA Today</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>02 Jun 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>M Murray</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/02/amphibian-ranavirus-infection-delaware/9887847/">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </span></b></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/261743751.html">Death toll mounts at water’s edge for harbor porpoises</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bovinevetonline.com/news/industry/Institute-named-OIE-collaborating-center-262121041.html">Institute named OIE collaborating center</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/caves+shut+halt+spread+deadly+disease/9898555/story.html">Bat caves shut to halt spread of deadly disease</a> [Alberta, Canada]</li> <li><a href="http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25715493/2014/06/06/twra-tracking-possible-wild-turkey-decline">TWRA Tracking Possible Wild Turkey Decline</a></li> </ul> <b>Chronic Wasting Disease </b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/outdoors/2014/06/08/Outdoors-Notebook-Hunters-asked-to-help-in-deer-disease-zone/stories/201406080087">Hunters asked to help in deer disease zone</a> [Pennsylvanian, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-conservation-commission-tries-stop-chronic-wasting-disease-wild-deer">Missouri Conservation Commission Tries To Stop Chronic Wasting Disease In Wild Deer</a> [Missouri, USA]</li> </ul> <b>Fish Die-Offs</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/06/06/bunker-dead-fish-nj/10082493/">Why are dead fish washing up in New Jersey?</a> [New Jersey, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140605/articles/140609745">Cause of carp die-off in Lake Mendocino still unknown</a> [California, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.examiner.org/news/37538-virus-and-stress-likely-culprits-for-indian-lake-fish-kill1">Virus and stress likely culprits for Indian Lake fish kill</a> [Ohio, USA]</li> </ul> <br />http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/06/killer-ranavirus-threatens-frogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-468901742083384248Thu, 05 Jun 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-06-08T17:37:33.802-05:00Journal Digest<div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 182px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 670px;" /></a><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">.</span></div><br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2013-11-305">TOWARD A MODERNIZED DEFINITION OF WILDLIFE HEALTH</a></b><br /> J Wildl Dis. 2014 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Stephen C.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097224">White-nose syndrome fungus: a generalist pathogen of hibernating bats</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 May 12;9(5):e97224. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097224. eCollection 2014.<br /> Zukal J et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004015">Surveillance for emerging biodiversity diseases of wildlife</a></b><br /> PLoS Pathog. 2014 May 29;10(5):e1004015. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004015. eCollection 2014.<br /> Grogan LF et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.002">Ticks of the Hyalomma marginatum complex transported by migratory birds into Central Europe</a></b><br /> Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2014 Apr 29. pii: S1877-959X(14)00061-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.03.002. 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Epub 2011 Apr 26.<br /> Santiago-Alarcon D et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.04.006">A novel siadenovirus detected in the kidneys and liver of Gouldian finches (Erythura gouldiae)</a></b><br /> Vet Microbiol. 2014 Apr 21. pii: S0378-1135(14)00206-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.04.006. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Joseph HM et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2783">Assessing host extinction risk following exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</a></b><br /> Proc Biol Sci. 2014 May 7;281(1785):20132783. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2783. 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[Epub ahead of print]<br /> Fish RE and Griffith EH.http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/06/wildlife-disease-journal-digest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1114179700281266308Tue, 03 Jun 2014 05:00:00 +00002014-06-03T00:00:01.821-05:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Glow-in-the-dark tool lets scientists find diseased bats</span></b><br /> <br /> Scientists working to understand the devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome now have a new, non-lethal tool to identify bats with WNS lesions -- ultraviolet, or UV, light. Millions of bats have died from this rapidly spreading disease and this new method allows for accurate detection of the disease without killing any more bats.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Science Daily </i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>29 May 2014</i></span></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140529182745.htm">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Cited Journal Article</b></div><div style="text-align: right;">Gregory G. Turner, et al. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2014-03-058">Nonlethal Screening of Bat-Wing Skin With the Use of Ultraviolet Fluorescence to Detect Lesions Indicative of White-Nose Syndrome</a></b>. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2014; 140522114529005 DOI: 10.7589/2014-03-058</div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><b>Other White-Nose Syndrome News</b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.sciencecodex.com/listening_helps_scientists_track_bats_without_exposing_the_animals_to_disease-134564">&gt;&gt;&gt; 'Listening' helps scientists track bats without exposing the animals to disease</a> </div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>To Michigan's animal pathologist, solving wildlife deaths is 'a fun job'</b></span><br /> <br /> ... But while most wildlife enthusiasts would prefer to handle living animals, Cooley has spent the past 35 years up to his elbows in the carcasses of dead deer, waterfowl or other creatures that have met their demise from unknown circumstances. As the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ animal pathologist, Cooley’s job is to solve the mysteries of wildlife death.<br /> <br /> ... The animals that end up in Cooley’s necropsy lab at Michigan State University come from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Wildlife Services and the public. Sometimes, the cause of death is obvious. For example, an animal found on the side of the road with broken bones and bruises would likely have been hit by a car.<br /> <br /> Other times, the answer is not as straightforward.<br /> <br /> “You never know what you’re getting into,” said Julie Melotti, Cooley’s lab technician of seven years. “But sometimes you assume something is roadkill and it turns out to be something completely different.”<br /> <br /> Cooley and his staff of two veterinarians, two lab scientists and two technicians are responsible for investigating and reporting trends in animal health throughout the state. Their role is to predict the next epidemic and make suggestions for preventing it, if possible.<br /> <br /> “Wildlife health and human health, you can’t separate them. They are intertwined,” Cooley said. “The way people can travel and animals can travel, you can have a disease on the other side of the world and all of a sudden you find it in Michigan.”<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i>Detroit News </i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>01 Jun 2014</i></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140601/SCIENCE/306010008/">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Genome Sequences Reveal How Lemurs Fight Infection</b></span><br /> <br /> <i>New technique could aid conservation, disease surveillance</i><br /> <br /> The young lemur named Eugenius started to get sick. Very sick. He was lethargic, losing weight and suffering from diarrhea. Duke Lemur Center veterinarians soon pinpointed the cause of his illness: Eugenius tested positive for Cryptosporidium, a microscopic intestinal parasite known to affect people, pets, livestock and wildlife worldwide.<br /> <br /> In humans, thousands of cases of Cryptosporidium are reported in the United States each year, spread primarily through contaminated water.<br /> <br /> Since Eugenius was the first animal diagnosed in 1999, the parasite has caused periodic diarrhea outbreaks at the Duke Lemur Center. All of the infected animals are sifakas — the only lemur species out of 17 at the center known to fall prey to the parasite — and most of them were under age five when they got sick.<br /> <br /> Despite various efforts to stop the infection, such as quarantining infected lemurs and decontaminating their enclosures, more than half of the sifakas living at the center have tested positive for crypto at some point. While most animals recover, the pattern has veterinarians puzzled over why the outbreaks persist.<br /> <br /> Now, thanks to advances in next-generation sequencing technology, researchers are getting closer to understanding how these endangered animals fight the infection and detecting the illness early enough to minimize its spread.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i>Red Orbit</i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>01 Jun 2014</i></div><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113159578/lemurs-cryptosporidium-infection-060114">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><b>Cited Journal Article </b></div><div style="text-align: right;">P. A. Larsen et al. <b><a href="http://doi.dx.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12274">Next-generation approaches to advancing eco-immunogenomic research in critically endangered primates</a></b>. Molecular Ecology Resources. Ahead of print 29 May 2014. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12274</div><br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </b></span></span><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/stories/2014/jun/01/dreadful-news-for-bighorns/">Disease takes toll at Yakima River Canyon</a> [Washington, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hunting-fishing/2014/06/01/Outdoors-notebook-Third-deer-disease-area-established-in-Jefferson-County/stories/201406010143">Third deer disease area established in Jefferson County</a> [Pennsylvania, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://m.livescience.com/45963-coral-reefs-climate-change-refuge.html">'Coral Corridors' Sheltered Fish from Climate Change</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.delhidailynews.com/news/Toxic-toads-causes-ecological-disaster-to-Madagascars-wildlife-1401655533/">Toxic toads causing 'ecological disaster to Madagascar's wildlife</a>&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_25875848/dead-fish-removed-from-lake-mendocino">Dead fish removed from Lake Mendocino</a> [California, USA]</li> </ul><br /> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/06/glow-in-dark-tool-lets-scientists-find.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7080791017420340077Mon, 02 Jun 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-06-02T00:30:03.490-05:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES </b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Avian flu hits penguins in Antarctica. Scientists wonder how virus reached the icy region</b></span><br /> <br /> Antarctica may be too cold and remote but this has not, apparently, helped prevent pigeons living in the icy region to contract avian flu, which is basically transmitted when birds get in contact with infected animals or contaminated secretions and surfaces.<br /> <br /> In a study published in the journal of American Society for Microbiology mBio May 6, a group of international scientists described a new strain of avian flu that they discovered in the Antarctic after conducting tests on Adélie penguins.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Tech Times; 05 May 2014</i></span></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.techtimes.com/articles/6660/20140508/avian-flu-hits-penguins-in-antarctica-scientists-wonder-how-virus-reached-the-icy-region.htm">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><b>Cited Journal Article </b></div><div style="text-align: right;">Hurt AC, et al.<b>&nbsp;</b> 2014. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01098-14">Detection of evolutionarily distinct avian influenza A viruses in Antarctica</a></b>. mBio 5(3):e01098-14. doi:10.1128/mBio.01098-14. </div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Investigation into walrus disease closes with no cause identified</b></span><br /> <br /> An investigation into a mysterious disease afflicting Pacific walruses has been closed with no culprit identified, federal agencies said on Monday.<br /> <br /> The investigation into what scientists call an "unusual mortality event" -- an unexpected die-off of a large numbers of animals -- was launched in 2011 when seals and walruses began showing up with bleeding skin lesions, labored breathing, lethargy and hair loss.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Anchorage Daily News;15 May 2014</i></span></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.adn.com/2014/05/13/3468030/investigation-into-walrus-disease.html"></a><a href="http://www.adn.com/2014/05/13/3468030/investigation-into-walrus-disease.html"> &gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a> </div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flame Retardant Chemicals Weaken Frogs' Immune Systems</b></span><br /> <br /> Young frogs exposed to flame retardants have weakened immune systems, which could leave them more susceptible to diseases that are ravaging amphibians worldwide.<br /> <br /> A new laboratory experiment is the first to link flame retardants to immune system problems in frogs, and adds to evidence that pollutants may contribute to global declines of their populations.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scientific American; 13 May 2014</span></i></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flame-retardant-chemicals-weaken-frogs-immune-systems/">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE </a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Cited Journal Article</b></div><div style="text-align: right;">Tawnya L. Cary et al. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es405776m">Immunomodulation in Post-metamorphic Northern Leopard Frogs, Lithobates pipiens, Following Larval Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether</a></b>. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014, 48 (10), pp 5910–5919. DOI: 10.1021/es405776m</div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><b>Other Amphibian Health Related News </b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/05/12/potential.cure.captive.amphibians.with.chytrid.fungus">&gt;&gt;&gt; Potential cure for captive amphibians with chytrid fungus</a> [Cited journal article <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.04171-13">HERE</a>]</div><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </b></span></span><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2014/05/09/Mystery-over-dead-iguanas/">Mystery over dead iguanas: Health advisory issued</a> [West Bay, Cayman Islands]</li> <li><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/sea-star-wasting-syndrome-found-oregon/">Mysterious sea star disease makes its way to Oregon</a> [USA]</li> <li><a href="http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/large-scale-die-off-of-sea-urchins-discovered-off-kaumakani/article_16081484-5a1b-11e1-bca7-0019bb2963f4.html">Large-scale die-off of sea urchins discovered off Kaumakani</a> [Kauai, Hawaii, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://time.com/97041/sea-lions-are-dying/">Sea Lions Are Starving to Death—and We Don’t Know Why</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20140512/NEWS03/705129993">Biologists check Vermont cave for bat disease rate</a></li> <li><a href="https://bangordailynews.com/2014/05/13/outdoors/new-data-led-to-25-percent-reduction-in-moose-permits-biologist-says/">New data led to 25 percent reduction in moose permits, biologist says</a></li> </ul>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/06/flame-retardant-chemicals-weaken-frogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6044664660297684024Thu, 15 May 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-05-15T00:30:00.786-05:00Journal Digest<div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 182px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 670px;" /></a><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">.</span></div> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086563">Demographic Processes Drive Increases in Wildlife Disease following Population Reduction</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(5): e86563. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086563<br /> Prentice JC, Marion G, White PCL, Davidson RS, Hutchings MR<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3929-2">Role of wildlife in the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in Europe</a></b><br /> Parasitology Research. 2014 May; [Epub]. doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-3929-2<br /> Javier Millán et al.<br /> <i>[Courtesy of your fellow Digest reader for sharing this article.] </i><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2013-04-016">Avian Influenza Virus Antibodies in Pacific Coast Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa)</a></b><br /> J Wildl Dis. 2014 May 7. 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[Epub ahead of print]<br /> Reboredo-Fernández A1, Gómez-Couso H2, Martínez-Cedeira JA3, Cacciò SM4, Ares-Mazás E1.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jat.3008">In vitro exposure of DE-71, a penta-PBDE mixture, on immune endpoints in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and B6C3F1 mice</a></b><br /> J Appl Toxicol. 2014 Apr 7. doi: 10.1002/jat.3008. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Wirth JR1, Peden-Adams MM, White ND, Bossart GD, Fair PA.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300985813476060">Fatal combined infection with canine distemper virus and orthopoxvirus in a group of Asian marmots (Marmota caudata)</a></b><br /> Vet Pathol. 2013 Sep;50(5):914-20. doi: 10.1177/0300985813476060. Epub 2013 Feb 4.<br /> Origgi FC1, Sattler U, Pilo P, Waldvogel AS.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067104">Multi-level determinants of parasitic fly infection in forest passerines</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2013 Jul 10;8(7):e67104. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067104. Print 2013.<br /> Manzoli DE<b> </b>et al.<b>&nbsp;</b><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089843" target="_blank">Using auxiliary information to improve wildlife disease surveillance when infected animals are not detected: a bayesian approach</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 Mar 27;9(3):e89843. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089843. eCollection 2014. <br /> Heisey DM et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.071" target="_blank">Protection of red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) against West Nile virus (WNV) infection after immunization with WNV recombinant envelope protein E (rE)</a></b><br /> Vaccine. 2013 Sep 23;31(41):4523-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.071. Epub 2013 Aug 6. <br /> Escribano-Romero E et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2Fsrep04472">Highly dynamic animal contact network and implications on disease transmission</a></b><br /> Sci Rep. 2014; 4: 4472. [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 26]. doi: 10.1038/srep04472<br /> Shi Chen et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090925" target="_blank">Linking Bovine Tuberculosis on Cattle Farms to White-Tailed Deer and Environmental Variables Using Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(3): e90925. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090925<br /> Walter WD, Smith R, Vanderklok M, VerCauteren K <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090536" target="_blank">Factors Influencing Performance of Internet-Based Biosurveillance Systems Used in Epidemic Intelligence for Early Detection of Infectious Diseases Outbreaks</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE 9(3): e90536. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090536<br /> Barboza P, Vaillant L, Le Strat Y, Hartley DM, Nelson NP, et al. http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/04/wildlife-disease-journal-digest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-3150978417272629054Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-04-10T19:10:38.695-05:00Journal Digest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div><br /> <b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24655520" target="_blank">Hemotropic mycoplasmas in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)</a></b><br /> Parasit Vectors. 2014 Mar 24;7(1):117. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Mascarelli PE, Keel MK, Yabsley M, Last LA, Breitschwerdt EB, Maggi RG.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092075">North atlantic migratory bird flyways provide routes for intercontinental movement of avian influenza viruses</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e92075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092075. eCollection 2014.<br /> Dusek RJ et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24643331">First isolation of reticuloendotheliosis virus from mallards in China</a></b><br /> Arch Virol. 2014 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Jiang L et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.002">Dual-pathogen etiology of avian trichomonosis in a declining band-tailed pigeon population</a></b><br /> Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Mar 13. pii: S1567-1348(14)00084-7. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.002. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Girard YA et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.004">An overview of existing raptor contaminant monitoring activities in Europe</a></b><br /> Environ Int. 2014 Mar 11;67C:12-21. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.004. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Gómez-Ramírez P et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.014">Antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from humans and wildlife in Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area, Central African Republic</a></b><br /> Vet Microbiol. 2014 Feb 16. pii: S0378-1135(14)00091-1. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.014. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Janatova M et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.018">Detection and molecular characterization of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) stranded along the Galician coast (Northwest Spain)</a></b><br /> Veterinary Parasitology. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 24]. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.018<br /> A. Reboredo-Fernández et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091043" target="_blank">Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wisconsin White-Tailed Deer: Implications for Disease Spread and Management</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(3): e91043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091043<br /> Jennelle CS et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70244-5">Internet-based surveillance systems for monitoring emerging infectious diseases</a></b><br /> Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;14(2):160-8. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70244-5. Epub 2013 Nov 28.<br /> Milinovich GJ et al. http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/03/wildlife-disease-journal-digest_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6096824742220843584Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-03-20T00:30:05.212-05:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Fish-Eating Ducks Hard Hit By Severe Winter, Ice</span></b><br /> <br /> The Niagara River corridor from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is renowned as a spectacular winter haven for hundreds of thousands of water birds. But this year's bitterly cold season has made it notable for something else: dead ducks.<br /> <br /> Biologists say carcasses began piling up by the hundreds in early January after the plunging temperatures started icing over nearly the entire Great Lakes, preventing the ducks from getting to the minnows that are their main source of food. Necropsies on dozens of birds have confirmed the cause: starvation. "All have empty stomachs. They're half the weight they should be," said Connie Adams, a biologist in the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Buffalo office who has personally seen 950 dead birds.<br /> <br /> "This is unprecedented. Biologists who've worked here for 35 years have never seen anything like this," she said. "We've seen a decline in tens of thousands in our weekly waterfowl counts." It's a phenomenon that has been seen elsewhere along the Great Lakes, with news reports of diving ducks and other waterfowl turning up dead by the hundreds along the southern part of Lake Michigan. They've also been found in Lake St. Clair between Lakes Erie and Huron.<br /> <br /> ... Necropsies and toxicity analyses showed many of the Michigan ducks were subsisting on invasive zebra mussels, which caused the birds to have potentially toxic levels of selenium in their bodies, Mason said. Zebra mussels filter toxins from the water and pass them up the food chain.<br /> <br /> Most of the dead ducks seen in the upstate New York are red-breasted mergansers, which breed in northern Canada and Alaska and come south for the winter to the Great Lakes region. In most years, there are periods of freezing and thawing, providing enough breaks in the ice for them to dive for minnows.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Monroe News </i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>15 Mar 2014</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Location: Canada</i></span></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.monroenews.com/news/2014/mar/16/fish-eating-ducks-hard-hit-severe-winter-ice/?in-other-news">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Experimental infection of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) with West Nile virus isolates of Euro-Mediterranean and North American origins</b></span><br /> <br /> <br /> ...North American WNV outbreaks are often accompanied by high mortality in wild birds, a feature that is uncommon in Europe. The reason for this difference is unknown, but the intrinsic virulence of the viruses circulating in each continent and/or the susceptibility to the disease of Palearctic as opposed to Nearctic wild bird species could play a role.<br /> <br /> To assess this question, experimental inoculations with four lineage 1 WNV strains, three from southern Europe (Italy/2008, Italy/2009 and Spain/2007) and one from North America (NY99) were performed on house sparrows (Passer domesticus), a wild passerine common in both continents. Non-significant differences which ranged from 0% to 25% were observed in mortality for the different WNV strains.<br /> <br /> ... Consequently, albeit being pathogenic for house sparrows, some Euro-Mediterranean strains had reduced capacity for replication in -and transmission from- this host, as compared to the NY99 strain. If applicable also to other wild bird host species, this relatively reduced transmission capacity of the Euro-Mediterranean strains could explain the lower incidence of this disease in wild birds in the Euro-Mediterranean area.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>7th Space</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>19 Mar 2014</i></span><br /> </div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/454916/experimental_infection_of_house_sparrows_passer_domesticus_with_west_nile_virus_isolates_of_euro_mediterranean_and_north_american_origins.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><b>Cited Journal Article</b></div><div style="text-align: right;">Javier Del Amo et al. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9716-45-33">Experimental infection of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) with West Nile virus isolates of Euro-Mediterranean and North American origins</a></b>. Veterinary Research. 2014; 45:33. doi:10.1186/1297-9716-45-33</div><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </b></span></span><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://upr.org/post/biologists-still-searching-answers-bald-eagle-deaths">Biologists Still Searching For Answers In Bald Eagle Deaths</a></li> <li><a href="http://escalontimes.com/section/11/article/1366/">FIRST WEST NILE VIRUS DETECTION</a> [crow][California, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.thestate.com/2014/03/18/3333061/dying-bottlenose-found-on-hilton.html#storylink=cpy">Dying bottlenose found on Hilton Head, adding to the rise in SC dolphin deaths</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.therepublic.com/w/VA--Wildlife-Center-Students">Virginia Wildlife Center gives students experience working with animals</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vnews.com/lifetimes/11146597-95/the-dead-bird-society">The Dead Bird Society: Advocates Work to Reduce Carnage of Birds in the Big Cities</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/science/article/Powell-area-sheep-part-of-regional-bighorn-study-5331263.php">Powell-area sheep part of regional bighorn study</a> [Wyoming, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.thewesternnews.com/outdoors/article_11186c10-aec1-11e3-b369-001a4bcf887a.html">Seven more moose collared for study</a></li> </ul><b>Avian Botulism</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/1212546/thousands-of-dead-ducks-appearing-all-over-the-great-lakes/">Thousands of dead ducks appearing all over the Great Lakes</a> [Canada]</li> <li><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/9846784/Avian-botulism-strikes-down-thousands-of-birds"> Avian botulism strikes down thousands of birds</a> [New Zealand]</li> </ul><br /> <b>Deer Health News</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2014/03/19/6251193/no-chronic-wasting-disease-found.html#storylink=cpy">No chronic wasting disease found in Arkansas deer</a></li> [Arkansas, USA] <li><a href="http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/528929/Two-deer-test-positive-for-bovine-TB.html?nav=5004">Two deer test positive for bovine TB</a> [Michigan, USA] </li> </ul><b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/sumc-foe031314.php">Form of epilepsy in sea lions similar to that in humans, Stanford researchers find</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.powelltribune.com/news/item/12178-%E2%80%98the-wolf-tapeworm%E2%80%99">Powell veterinarian warns of problems that may be spread by wolves</a></li> </ul><b>Huh?! That's Interesting!</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26472225">Sniffing out cancer with electronic noses</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.universityherald.com/articles/8178/20140317/snail-venom-as-a-potential-solution-to-non-addicting-pain-killers.htm">Snail Venom As A Potential Solution To Addicting Pain Killers</a></li> </ul>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/03/biologists-still-searching-for-answers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-980061891701716452Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-03-19T20:50:44.834-05:00Journal Digest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090826" target="_blank">Sampling strategies and biodiversity of influenza a subtypes in wild birds</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 Mar 5;9(3):e90826. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090826. eCollection 2014. <br /> Olson SH et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089660" target="_blank">Presence of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Native Amphibians Exported from Madagascar</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 Mar 5;9(3):e89660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089660. eCollection 2014. <br /> Kolby JE.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1637/10574-051513-Reg.1" target="_blank">Leukocyte response to eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in a wild passerine bird</a></b><br /> Avian Dis. 2013 Dec;57(4):744-9. <br /> Owen J et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401714001587" target="_blank">Echinococcosis in wild carnivorous species: epidemiology, genotypic diversity, and implications for veterinary public health</a></b><br /> Veterinary Parasitology. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 14]. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.009<br /> David Carmena and Guillermo A. Cardona<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.03.001">Is there a relation between genetic or social groups of mallard ducks and the circulation of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses?</a></b><br /> Veterinary Microbiology. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 12]. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.03.001<br /> Maria A. De Marco et al<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.042">A current review of avian influenza in pigeons and doves (Columbidae)</a></b><br /> Veterinary Microbiology. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 12]. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.042<br /> Celia Abolnik<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.02.011" target="_blank">Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia IVb Status in the United States: Inferences from Surveillance Activities and Regional Context</a></b><br /> Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 06]. doi: <br /> L.L. Gustafson et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12242" target="_blank">Seasonal reactivation enables Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 to persist in a wild host population</a></b><br /> Fems Microbiology Ecology. 2014 Feb; 87 (2):536-542. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12242 <br /> Uchii, K; Minamoto, T; Honjo, MN; Kawabata, Z<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12105" target="_blank">The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats </a></b><br /> Journal of Zoology. 2014 Feb; 292 (2):86-100. doi:10.1111/jzo.12105 <br /> Authors: Stawski, C; Willis, CKR; Geiser, F<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2013.10.009" target="_blank">Organic contaminants in bats: Trends and new issues</a></b><br /> Environment International. 2014 Feb; 63: 40-52. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2013.10.009<br /> Authors: Bayat, S; Geiser, F; Kristiansen, P; Wilson, SC<br /> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/03/wildlife-disease-journal-digest_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1126228624397110229Wed, 12 Mar 2014 05:30:00 +00002014-03-12T00:30:02.653-05:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES </b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Crisis biology: Can bacteria save bats and frogs from deadly diseases?</b></span><br /> <br /> <i>As populations plummet, biologists race for a solution.</i><br /> <br /> In 2007, Valerie McKenzie volunteered for a large study of human body bacteria. It was the dawn of the golden age of the microbe. Researchers were just beginning to understand how bacteria and other microbes in human intestines influence everything from obesity to allergies and infections. McKenzie, a University of Colorado-Boulder biologist, was mildly curious about her "microbiome." But she was more interested in the bacteria living on the skin of frogs and toads.<br /> <br /> Amphibian populations worldwide are plummeting, and entire species are going extinct. The West's struggling species include boreal toads and mountain yellow-legged frogs. Invasive species and habitat degradation play a major role, but amphibians are dying even in places with good habitat. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, an aggressive fungus commonly known as chytrid, is often to blame.<br /> <br /> McKenzie, who was studying the role of farmland conversion and suburbanization in the decline of leopard frogs in Colorado, suspected chytrid was also a factor. When she read a paper about a strain of bacteria found on red-backed salamanders that inhibited chytrid's growth, she began to wonder: What microbes lived on the skin of her frogs and toads? And could any of them fight chytrid?<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>High Country News</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>26 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Emily Guerin</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/46.3/can-beneficial-bacteria-save-bats-and-frogs-from-deadly-diseases">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Other Frog Health News&nbsp;</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/11054633.Does_your_pond_host_killer_frog_disease__Scientist_at_uni_s_Penryn_campus_wants_to_know/?ref=var_0">&gt;&gt;&gt; Does your pond host killer frog disease? Scientist at uni's Penryn campus wants to know</a> [Cornwall, United Kingdom]</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Infected Tasmanian devils reveal how cancer cells evolve in response to humans</b></span><br /> <br /> Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) has ravaged the world's largest carnivorous marsupial since it emerged in 1996, resulting in a population decline of over 90%. Conservation work to defeat the disease has including removing infected individuals from the population and new research explains how this gives us a unique opportunity to understand how human selection alters the evolution of cancerous cells. <br /> <br /> DFTD is an asexually reproducing clonal cell line, which during the last 16 years has been exposed to negative effects as infected devils, approximately 33% of the population, have been removed from one site, the Forestier Peninsula, in Tasmania between 2006 and 2010.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Science Daily </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>18 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140218100709.htm"> &gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article </b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Beata Ujvari, Anne-Maree Pearse, Kate Swift, Pamela Hodson, Bobby Hua, Stephen Pyecroft, Robyn Taylor, Rodrigo Hamede, Menna Jones, Katherine Belov, Thomas Madsen. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12117">Anthropogenic selection enhances cancer evolution in Tasmanian devil tumours</a></b>. Evolutionary Applications, 2014; 7 (2): 260 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12117</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other Wildlife Health Related News</b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.noozhawk.com/article/health_officials_issue_warning_about_sick_raccoons_20140307">Health Officials Issue Warning About Sick Raccoons</a> [California, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Signs-of-foot-and-mouth-disease-found-in-some-gaur-30228702.html">Signs of foot-and-mouth disease found in some gaur carcasses</a> [Kui Buri National Park, Thailand]</li> <li><a href="http://www.times-news.com/local/x1057918534/Deer-tests-positive-for-chronic-wasting-disease">Deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease</a> [Maryland, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://calwil.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/wintertime-in-vole-country/">Wintertime in Vole Country </a>[CDFW Wildlife Investigation Lab blog]</li> </ul> <b>White-Nose Syndrome</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://uwpexponent.com/news/2014/03/06/white-nose-syndrome-harms-bat-population/">White-Nose Syndrome harms bat population</a> [Wisconsin, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://tbo.com/health/biologist-vermont-bats-begin-white-nose-recovery-ap_health60bbdd2c507145e6907a019bb6cfd6d7">Biologist: Vermont bats begin white nose recovery</a> [Vermont, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/GADNR/bulletins/a97696#link_1394168290687">Bat disease found farther south and east in the state</a> [Georgia Department of Natural Resources Bulletin][Georgia, USA]</li> </ul> <b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-03-05/uga-one-health-symposium-focus-malaria">UGA One Health symposium to focus on malaria</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thehorse.com/articles/33518/aht-infectious-disease-group-receives-nef-commendation">AHT Infectious Disease Group receives NEF Commendation</a> [United Kingdom]</li> <li><a href="http://www.healthywildlife.ca/?p=3366">Rabies in two big brown bats in Saskatchewan</a> [Canada]</li> </ul> <b>Huh?! That's Interesting!</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/257723/the-case-for-protecting-parasites">The case for protecting parasites<br /> </a></li> </ul> <br />http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/03/vermont-bats-begin-white-nose-recovery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-8687384499772795491Fri, 07 Mar 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-03-07T00:30:01.489-06:00Journal Digest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div><br /> <b><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/95418.html">A look at lead poisoning in bald eagles</a></b><br /> Conservationist. 2014 Feb; Epub<br /> Kevin Hynes<br /> [<i>Hey! Digest readers are the best! A fellow reader told us about this one.</i>] <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086437">Comparison of the White-Nose Syndrome Agent Pseudogymnoascus destructans to Cave-Dwelling Relatives Suggests Reduced</a>&nbsp;</b><br /> Saprotrophic Enzyme Activity. 2014; PLoS ONE 9(1): e86437. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086437<br /> Reynolds HT, Barton HA <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12213">Potential Intercontinental Movement of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus into North America by Wild Birds: Application of a Rapid Assessment Framework</a></b><br /> Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Mar 04]. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12213<br /> R. S. Miller, S. J. Sweeney, J. E. Akkina, E. K. Saito<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090750">First Evidence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Hong Kong Amphibian Trade</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(3): e90750. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090750<br /> Kolby JE, Smith KM, Berger L, Karesh WB, Preston A, et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24584247">Abiotic factors affecting persistence of avian influenza virus in surface water from waterfowl habitats</a></b><br /> Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014 Feb 28. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Keeler SP, Dalton MS, Cressler AM, Berghaus RD, Stallknecht D.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v6020752">Experimental Infections of Wild Birds with West Nile Virus</a></b><br /> Viruses. Feb 2014; 6(2): 752–781. [Epub ahead of print 13 Feb 2014]. doi: 10.3390/v6020752<br /> Elisa Pérez-Ramírez, Francisco Llorente, and Miguel Ángel Jiménez-Clavero<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.378.6545">Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of leech (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida): Implications for the health of its imperiled amphibian host (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)</a></b><br /> Zookeys. 2014 Feb 7;(378):83-101. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.378.6545. eCollection 2014.<br /> Hopkins WA1, Moser WE2, Garst DW1, Richardson DJ3, Hammond CI3, Lazo-Wasem EA4.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12032.x">Experimental infection of Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) with West Nile virus</a></b><br /> J Vector Ecol. 2013 Dec;38(2):210-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12032.x.<br /> Panella NA, Young G, Komar N.<br /> <br /> <i><b>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health -<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/west_nile_virus"> Special Issue Epidemiology of West Nile Virus</a></b></i> <br /> <ul><li><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10126366">Vector Contact Rates on Eastern Bluebird Nestlings Do Not Indicate West Nile Virus Transmission in Henrico County, Virginia, USA</a></b><br /> Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10(12), 6366-6379; doi:10.3390/ijerph10126366<br /> Kevin A. Caillouet et al.&nbsp;</li> <li><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10127144">Increased Pathogenicity of West Nile Virus (WNV) by Glycosylation of Envelope Protein and Seroprevalence of WNV in Wild Birds in Far Eastern Russia</a></b><br /> Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10(12), 7144-7164; doi:10.3390/ijerph10127144<br /> Hiroaki Kariwa et al.</li> </ul><i><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36889-9" target="_blank">One Health: The Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces in Emerging Infectious Diseases</a></b></i><br /> <i><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36889-9" target="_blank">The Concept and Examples of a One Health Approach</a></b></i><br /> Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Volume 365 2013<br /> Editors: John S. Mackenzie, Martyn Jeggo, Peter Daszak, Juergen A. Richt<br /> <ul><li><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/82_2012_259">The Historical, Present, and Future Role of Veterinarians in One Health</a></b><br /> One Health: The Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces in Emerging Infectious Diseases<br /> Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Volume 365, 2013, pp 31-47<br /> Samantha E. J. Gibbs, E. Paul J. Gibbs</li> </ul><ul><li><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/82_2012_271">Wildlife: The Need to Better Understand the Linkages</a></b><br /> One Health: The Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces in Emerging Infectious Diseases<br /> Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Volume 365, 2013, pp 101-125<br /> Melinda K. Rostal, Kevin J. Olival, Elizabeth H. Loh, William B. Karesh</li> </ul><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.021">Novel Bartonella Infection in Northern and Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni and Enhydra lutris nereis)</a></b><br /> Veterinary Microbiology. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Feb 24]<br /> Sebastian E. Carrasco et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1040638713520541">Francisella tularensis infection without lesions in gray tree squirrels (Sciurus griseus)<br /> A diagnostic challenge</a></b><br /> Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2014 [Epub ahead of print 2014 Feb 20]. doi:10.1177/1040638713520541<br /> Danielle D. Nelson et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300985813519652" target="_blank">The Role of the Toxicologic Pathologist in Academia</a> [Commentary]</b><br /> Veterinary Pathology. 2014; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Feb 19]. doi: 10.1177/0300985813519652<br /> P. V. Turner et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cavp20/43/1#.UxkqKvk_BvE">Avian Pathology - January 2014</a></b><br /> Volume 43, Issue 1http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/03/wildlife-disease-journal-digest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-9173448680735059657Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-03-05T00:30:02.554-06:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES </b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Partnership fights for ban on hunting with lead ammo</b></span><br /> <br /> California bill A.B. 711 requires the use of non-lead ammunition in all hunting of mammals, birds, and other wildlife. Audubon California, The Humane Society of the United Sates, and Defenders of Wildlife joined forces to get the bill passed.<br /> <br /> “Our three organizations worked together on a 2008 bill that limited use of lead ammunition in about 20% of California,” says Jennifer Fearing, California senior state director of The Humane Society of the United States. “A.B. 711 would extend this requirement to the rest of the state.”<br /> <br /> Garrison Frost, director of marketing and communications for Audubon California, says lead poisoning is a leading cause of death among wildlife that feeds on animals killed by lead ammunition. In addition, lead ammunition that seeps into the food chain, watershed, and overall environment poses a broader treat to human health.<br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>PR Week</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>21 Feb 2014</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Tanya Lewis</i></span></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.prweekus.com/partnership-fights-for-ban-on-hunting-with-lead-ammo/article/335083/">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">RARE FERRETS NEED MORE LAND TO SURVIVE THE PLAGUE</span></b><br /> <br /> The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered mammals in North America, but new research suggests that these charismatic critters can persist if conservationists think big enough.<br /> <br /> Decades of human persecution (e.g., poisoning) of the ferret’s favorite prey, prairie dogs, and severe outbreaks of plague and distemper led to its extinction in the wild in 1987.<br /> <br /> Since then, thousands of captive-raised ferrets have been released across North America, and at least four wild populations have been successfully reestablished.<br /> <br /> However, a new factor threatens to undermine these hard-fought conservation gains: the continued eastward spread of the exotic bacterial disease plague, which is a quick and efficient killer of prairie dogs, and is caused by the same microbe that is implicated in the Black Death pandemics of the Middle Ages.<br /> <br /> Using a new multi-species computer modeling approach, researchers have linked models of plague, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets to explore the consequences of ecological interactions in ways not possible using standard methods.<br /> The results of this study, published in Journal of Applied Ecology, suggest that the continued survival of black-footed ferret populations requires landscapes larger than conservationists previously thought, and intensive management actions to reduce plague transmission.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>21 Feb 2014</i></span></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.futurity.org/rare-ferrets-need-land-survive-plague/"> &gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</b></span></span><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-26313284">Chesil Beach: Dead and oil-covered birds still washing up</a> [England]</li> <li><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scientists-to-uncover-secret-life-of-otters-1-3316393">Scientists to uncover secret life of otters</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/02/necropsy_performed_at_portland.html">Necropsies on beached striped dolphins leave more questions than answers</a> [Oregon, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.kpho.com/story/24781820/pneumonia">Pneumonia plaguing southern Nevada bighorn sheep</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20140221/DELAWARE/302200034/Deer-harvest-bounces-back-from-viral-outbreak">Deer harvest bounces back from viral outbreak</a> [Delaware, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/21/large-fish-disappeared-from-australia-coast">Large fish have disappeared from vast tracts of Australian coast, survey shows</a></li> <li><a href="http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2014/feb/17/chronic-wasting-case-investigation-follows-standard-procedures/">Chronic wasting case investigation follows standard procedures</a> [Wisconsin, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26286491">Chile: Owls drafted in to fight deadly hantavirus</a></li> </ul><b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.healthline.com/health-news/outdoor-ticks-carrying-lyme-disease-in-sf-bay-area-022314">Ticks Infected with Lyme Disease and New Pathogen Found in California Parks</a> [USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113076130/research-prevents-zoonotic-feline-tularemia-by-finding-influential-geospatial-factors">Research Prevents Zoonotic Feline Tularemia By Finding Influential Geospatial Factors</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140218/Upstream-interventions-may-provide-options-to-contain-emerging-pathogens-at-source.aspx">Upstream interventions may provide options to contain emerging pathogens at source</a> </li> </ul><b>Huh?! That's Interesting!</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://m.livescience.com/43351-corals-trap-light.html">Corals Trap Light to Help Algae Friends</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech/science/tadpole-study-finds-cannibalism-dangerous-to-health/article/372272">Tadpole study finds cannibalism dangerous to health</a></li> </ul>http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/03/necropsies-on-beached-striped-dolphins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5049388803240787124Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:25:00 +00002014-03-06T19:50:19.132-06:00Journal Digest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div> <br /> <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.131441" target="_blank"><b>New alphacoronavirus in Mystacina tuberculata bats, New Zealand</b> </a><br /> Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Apr; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.3201/eid2004.131441<br /> Hall RJ, Wang J, Peacey M, Moore NE, McInnes K, Tompkins DM. <br /> <i>[Thank your fellow Digest reader for sharing!]</i><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2005.131707">Novel Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus in Tree Sparrow, Shanghai, China, 2013</a></b><br /> Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014 May; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.3201/eid2005.131707<br /> B. Zhao et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es4050538">Mercury Exposure Associated with Altered Plasma Thyroid Hormones in the Declining Western Pond Turtle (Emys marmorata) from California Mountain Streams</a></b><br /> Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] <br /> Meyer E1, Eagles-Smith CA, Sparling D, Blumenshine S.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02705">Survey of antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the southeastern USA</a></b><br /> <a href="http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v108/n2/">Dis Aquat Organ. 2014 Feb 19;108(2)</a>:91-102. doi: 10.3354/dao02705.<br /> Stewart JR et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00023">Potential impact of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife, environment and human healt</a>h</b><br /> Front Microbiol. 2014 Feb 5;5:23. eCollection 2014.<br /> Radhouani H et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2013.12.005">Polar Bear Encephalitis: Establishment of a Comprehensive Next-generation Pathogen Analysis Pipeline for Captive and Free-living Wildlife</a></b><br /> J Comp Pathol. 2013 Dec 19. pii: S0021-9975(13)00385-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2013.12.005. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Szentiks CA et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22132244/2">International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife - December 2013 </a></b><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.07.002">Neglected wild life: Parasitic biodiversity as a conservation target</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2013 Aug 2;2:222-227. eCollection 2013.<br /> Gómez A and Nichols E<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.003">Haemogregarine infections of three species of aquatic freshwater turtles from two sites in Costa Rica</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2013 Mar 5;2:131-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.003. eCollection 2013.<br /> Rossow JA et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.002" target="_blank">Wildlife disease ecology in changing landscapes: Mesopredator release and toxoplasmosis</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2013 Mar 5;2:110-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.002. eCollection 2013<br /> Hollings T et al.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.05.003">Parasites and the conservation of small populations: The case of Baylisascaris procyonis</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2013 Dec; 2: 203–210<br /> L. 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[Epub ahead of print]<br /> Work TM and Farah Y.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://vet.sagepub.com/content/51/2?etoc">Veterinary Pathology - March 2014</a></b><br /> <i>Special Issue: Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals</i><br /> Volume 51, Number 2<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://vdi.sagepub.com/content/26/1?etoc">Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation</a> - January 2014</b><br /> Volume 26, Number 1<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/content/20/3/contents.htm" target="_blank">Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 2014</a></b><br /> Volume 20, Number 3<br /> <br /> <br />http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/wildlife-disease-journal-digest_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4786610342745446723Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:41:00 +00002014-02-25T20:41:00.982-06:00News<b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Top Stories</span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Study reveals new ways deadly squirrelpox is transmitted to red squirrels</b></span><br /> <br /> Native red squirrels have declined throughout Britain and Ireland for the last century due to a combination of habitat loss and the introduction of the North American eastern grey squirrel. But more recently its few remaining populations have been devastated by an insidious pox virus passed to them by the alien invaders.<br /> <br /> A study by the biodiversity and conservation research centre Quercus at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), and published in the journal PLOS ONE, found the situation may be worse than previously thought as the disease appears to have multiple modes of potential transmission. The project was part-funded by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) through the Natural Heritage Research Partnership (NHRP) with Quercus, Queen's University Belfast and part-funded by the People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES).<br /> <br /> Invading grey squirrels, which harbour the disease but typically do not suffer symptoms, may pass the virus in their urine. The research team conducted experiments to examine the survival of the virus outside the body in the wider environment, showing that it persists best in warm dry conditions. This raises the possibility that infected grey squirrels could pass on the disease by uninfected squirrels coming into contact with their dried urine during spring and summer.<br /> <br /> The virus was also found in the parasites of pox positive squirrels including fleas, mites and ticks, which are capable of carrying the disease between individuals or between the species.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Eurekalert</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>24 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/qub-srn022414.php">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Honeybee trade is hotbed for carrying disease into wild</b></span><br /> <br /> HONEYBEES have been busy – spreading diseases to insects that pollinate crops. It seems imported honeybees are an important reservoir for viruses that kill wild pollinators, which could lead to a meltdown in the planet's pollination services.<br /> <br /> World trade in honeybee colonies contributes to honey production and also plays a vital role in agriculture – in some cases there would be no crop without the pollinators.<br /> <br /> Honeybee colonies in Europe and North America have suffered recent mysterious declines. But now it seems the colonies could be just as much of a threat to wild pollinators such as bumblebees and the many species of "solitary" bees.<br /> <br /> Matthias Fürst of Royal Holloway, University of London tracked the geographical prevalence in the UK of a non-native parasite called deformed wing virus (DWV) that is often found in both honeybees and bumblebees. The virus is spread by a mite and typically kills bees within 48 hours. The pattern of spread showed that imported honeybees are the major source of infection for the wild pollinators, and that emerging diseases spread by those colonies could be a major cause of mortality in the wild <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>New Scientist</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>19 February 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Fred Pearce</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129573.700-honeybee-trade-is-hotbed-for-carrying-disease-into-wild.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Cenvironment#.Uwv9NPk_BvE">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> MA Furst et al. <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12977">Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators</a></b>. Nature. 2014 Feb 20; 506: 364–366</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Coral off WA suffers shocking damage from marine heatwaves, scientists say</b></span><br /> <br /> <i>Study reveals that remote reef with coral hundreds of years old has undergone severe bleaching and ‘decimation’</i><br /> <br /> Marine heatwaves have wreaked “almost unprecedented” damage to ancient coral off Western Australia’s Pilbara coast, scientists say.<br /> <br /> Preliminary results from a five-year year study of the coastline revealed that a remote section of reef south of Barrow Island has suffered severe “bleaching and decimation”, according to the CSIRO, which is running the study with the University of Western Australia.<br /> <br /> An extreme “bleaching event” in 2011 was known to have caused significant damage to the reef. But the study found another marine heatwave, in the summer of 2012-13, also caused trauma to the reef, including to its massive, 400-year old porites corals.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Guardian</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>13 Feb 2013</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Michael Safi</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Location: Western Australia </i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/13/coral-western-australia-damage-marine-heatwaves">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other Wildlife Health Related News</b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_25130453/drought-affects-refuges-and-birds-they-host">Drought affects refuges and the birds they host</a></li> <li><a href="http://tbo.com/health/dozens-of-blackbirds-die-of-poisoning-at-tahoe-ap_healthf3cdde218c3d4c388a217736ff0cb093">Dozens of blackbirds die of poisoning at Tahoe</a> [California, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9718928/Contaminated-water-kills-Akaroa-eels">Contaminated water kills Akaroa eels</a> [New Zealand]</li> <li><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Dead-dolphin-washed-ashore-near-Keezhakarai/articleshow/30253770.cms?referral=PM">Dead dolphin washed ashore near Keezhakarai</a> [India]</li> </ul> <b>Chronic Wasting Disease</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/mule-deer-southwest-nd-tests-positive-chronic-wasting-disease">Mule deer in southwest N.D. tests positive for chronic wasting disease</a> [<i>Subscription required to view entire article</i>]North Dakota, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://joliet.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/will-county-forest-preserve-takes-action-on-chronic-wasting-disease">Will County Forest Preserve Takes Action on Chronic Wasting Disease</a> [Illinois, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/583301/W-Va--monitoring-deer-for-chronic-wasting-disease.html?nav=5061">W.Va. monitoring deer for chronic wasting disease</a> [West Virginia, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.tricities.com/news/article_a3bc1c02-9269-11e3-99db-0017a43b2370.html">Virginia expects to expand deer disease containment area</a></li> </ul> <b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=121658">Health Security Effort to Boost Global Disease Response</a></li> <li><a href="http://m.livescience.com/43363-persistent-lyme-disease-ticks-test.html">Ticks May Help Detect Lyme-Disease Bacteria in People</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/local/x1783669529/Rabies-alert-for-Hamilton-County">Rabies alert for Hamilton County</a> [Florida, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2014/feb/12/bat-tests-positive-rabies-stuart/">First case of rabies in Martin County in 2014 found in South Stuart</a> </li> </ul> <b>It Ain't All Bad</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/02/13/3944262.htm">New hope for under threat koalas</a></li> <li><a href="http://science.time.com/2014/02/14/a-landmark-international-agreement-to-halt-wildlife-trafficking-is-just-the-beginning">A Landmark International Agreement to Halt Wildlife Trafficking Is Just the Beginning</a></li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <br />http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/honeybee-trade-is-hotbed-for-carrying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1630225244367256523Wed, 19 Feb 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-03-06T19:47:25.530-06:00Journal Digest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div><br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0896-5">Lead in Ammunition: A Persistent Threat to Health and Conservation</a></b><br /> EcoHealth. 2014; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1007/s10393-013-0896-5<br /> C. K. Johnson, T. R. Kelly, B. A. Rideout <br /> <i>[Courtesy of a fellow Digest reader!]</i><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.07.028">River otters as biomonitors for organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, and PBDEs in Illinois</a></b><br /> Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2014 Feb; 100: 99–104<br /> Samantha K Carpenter et al. <br /> <i>[Another great article shared by a member. Digest readers are the best!] </i><br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1040638713499914" target="_blank">A case of chronic wasting disease in a captive red deer (Cervus elaphus)</a></b><br /> Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2013 Sep; 25(5):573-576. doi:10.1177/1040638713499914<br /> Marc D. Schwabenlander et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1040638713504755">A survey of fish viruses isolated from wild marine fishes from the coastal waters of southern Korea</a></b><br /> Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2013 Nov; 25(6): 750-755. doi:10.1177/1040638713504755 <br /> Wi-Sik Kim et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24511825">Influenza A virus infections in marine mammals and terrestrial carnivores</a></b><br /> Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2013 Nov-Dec;126(11-12):500-8.<br /> Harder TC et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088271">Disease and Predation: Sorting out Causes of a Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) Decline</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2014 Feb 7;9(2):e88271. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088271. eCollection 2014.<br /> Smith JB et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12178">Network Analysis of Translocated Takahe Populations to Identify Disease Surveillance Targets</a></b><br /> Conserv Biol. 2014 Feb 11. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12178. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Grange ZL, VAN Andel M, French NP, Gartrell BD.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.01.038">Perfluorinated compounds: emerging POPs with potential immunotoxicity</a></b><br /> Toxicol Lett. 2014 Feb 3. pii: S0378-4274(14)00058-7. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.01.038. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Corsini E et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12207">Frequent and seasonally variable sublethal anthrax infections are accompanied by short-lived immunity in an endemic system</a></b><br /> J Anim Ecol. 2014 Feb 5. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12207. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> Cizauskas CA, Bellan SE, Turner WC, Vance RE, Getz WM.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12249">Do-or-die life cycles and diverse post-infection resistance mechanisms limit the evolution of parasite host ranges</a></b><br /> Ecology Letters. 2013; [Epub ahead of print 2014 Feb 04]. DOI:10.1111/ele.12249<br /> Michael Sieber and Ivana Gudelj<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v4.20710">A need for One Health approach - lessons learned from outbreaks of Rift Valley fever in Saudi Arabia and Sudan</a></b><br /> Infection Ecology and Epidemiology. 2014; 4: 20710. doi: 10.3402/iee.v4.20710<br /> Osama Ahmed Hassan, Clas Ahlm, Magnus Evander<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24489062">Monitoring diseases in garden wildlife</a></b> [No online abstract]<br /> Vet Rec. 2014 Feb 1;174(5):126. doi: 10.1136/vr.g1295.<br /> Cunningham AA, Lawson B, Hopkins T, Toms M, Wormald K, Peck K.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.035">Community change and evidence for variable warm-water temperature adaptation of corals in Northern Male Atoll, Maldives</a></b><br /> Mar Pollut Bull. 2014 Jan 30. pii: S0025-326X(14)00036-8. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.035. [Epub ahead of print]<br /> McClanahan TR and Muthiga NA<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot001">Identifying future zoonotic disease threats: Where are the gaps in our understanding of primate infectious diseases?</a></b><br /> Evol Med Public Health. 2013 Jan;2013(1):27-36. doi: 10.1093/emph/eot001. Epub 2013 Jan 22.<br /> Cooper N and Nunn CL.<br /> <br /> <br /> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/wildlife-disease-journal-digest_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4536784527086017394Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-02-18T00:30:02.737-06:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Melting Arctic Ice Releases Deadly Seal Parasite</b></span><br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="A photo of a parasite." src="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-content/photos/000/766/cache/76624_990x742-cb1392392603.jpg" height="300" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarcocystis pinnipedi (dark purple) infecting the diaphragm of a ringed seal. <br /> There is no evidence of inflammation in the tissue, in contrast to infection in <br /> gray seal livers. Photo credit: Stephan Raverty | <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140214-seals-beluga-whale-arctic-disease-health-science/">National Geogaphic</a>. </td></tr> </tbody></table> When wildlife pathologists arrived at Hay Island off the coast of Nova Scotia in March 2012, they met an eerie sight. Of the thousands of silver and black-speckled gray seals that lay on the rocky outcrop, roughly a fifth were dead, despite showing no outward signs of disease.<br /> <br /> Necropsies revealed that 406 dead seals were infested with a crescent moon-shaped parasite that had destroyed their livers, but it wasn't clear what the organism was or how the seals had contracted the parasite. Researchers revealed the parasite's identity here today at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science. They also explained how melting ice in the Arctic Circle is helping such pathogens disperse throughout the world's oceans.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Science </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>14 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>E Underwood</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/02/melting-arctic-ice-releases-deadly-seal-parasite">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>More Arctic News </b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140214-seals-beluga-whale-arctic-disease-health-science/">Is Climate Change Increasing the Disease Risk for Arctic Marine Mammals?</a> [includes slide images]</div> <div style="text-align: right;"> &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140214075511.htm">Arctic biodiversity under serious threat from climate change</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oil spills cause heart attacks in fish</b></span><br /> <br /> While it’s certainly not news that oil spills harm fish, exactly how the oil causes fish harm is a complicated question that ecologists have been trying to answer. A study published Thursday in Science presents an explanation, and it’s nothing less than heartbreaking: The oil makes the fish go into cardiac arrest. The researchers are considering the possibility that oil might cause similar cardiac impacts in other forms of life—including us.<br /> <br /> The study authors, who are affiliated with Stanford University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), had been studying lingering damage around the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tuna became their test subject, due to the spill have occurred within a major spawning ground for the Gulf’s Atlantic bluefin tuna populations. And the tuna had suffered for it: A 2012 assessment had counted a spawning population 64% smaller than the baseline population of 1970.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Science Recorder</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>16 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>R Docksai</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/oil-spills-cause-heart-attacks-in-fish/" target="_blank">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Fabien Brette et al. (2014). <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6172/772.abstract" target="_blank">Crude Oil Impairs Cardiac Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Fish</a>. Science. 343(6172):772-776. DOI: 10.1126/science.1242747 </div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Feds urge residents to report dead wildlife</b></span><br /> <br /> With thousands of tons of coal ash in the Dan River, what are local nature lovers to do if they see dead or dying wildlife along the river? .... There have already been scattered reports of dead turtles in the Dan River, and the question of the spill’s affect on wildlife came up Tuesday night during a meeting with members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first responders.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>GoDanRiver.com</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>14 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>D Thibodeau</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.godanriver.com/news/coal-ash/feds-urge-residents-to-report-dead-wildlife/article_00d70afc-95bf-11e3-8252-001a4bcf6878.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Coral bleaching makes fish behave recklessly</b></span><br /> <br /> Fish on bleached coral reefs are fearless. Instead of staying hidden at home, they stray out, making them easy prey for predators.<br /> <br /> Coral reefs are rich ecosystems, home to thousands of animals. But if the water gets too warm, the corals expel the algae that live in them, leaving them bleached and sometimes killing them. Climate change is making such bleaching events more commonMovie Camera.<br /> <br /> Wondering how fish might be affected, Oona Lönnstedt of the Australian Research Council's centre for coral reef studies and her colleagues studied the behaviour of pallid damselfish (Pomacentrus amboinensis) on the Great Barrier Reef.<br /> <br /> They released fish onto live and dead coral, and found that those on dead coral took more risks and moved further afield. And while the smell of an injured mate prompted fish on live coral to take cover, their counterparts didn't react. The death rate was 75 per cent higher on dead coral.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>New Scientist</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>14 February 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>S Sekar</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25059-coral-bleaching-makes-fish-behave-recklessly.html">&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://tdn.com/lifestyles/hoof-rot-might-mean-fewer-elk-hunting-permits-in-certain/article_cae04410-950d-11e3-ab51-001a4bcf887a.html">Hoof rot might mean fewer elk hunting permits in certain areas</a>[Washinton, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-proves-a-survival-experiment-for-wildlife/">Climate Change Proves a Survival Experiment for Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="http://wxpr.org/post/fencing-around-eland-cwd-deer-without-problems">Fencing Around Eland CWD Deer Without Problems</a>[Wisconsin, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26183209">Killer starfish threaten Great Barrier Reef</a></li> <li><a href="http://m.livescience.com/43409-fish-struggle-warming-waters.html?utm_source=feedburner">Tropical Fish Struggle to Survive in Warming Waters</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/14/illegal-wildlife-trade-poaching-conservation">Global pact against illegal wildlife trade should also look beyond poaching</a> [Controlling poaching is only part of the battle – internationally agreed conservation policies are also needed]</li> <li><a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/02/13/Olympic-committee-urged-to-ban-lead-shot-in-shooting-events/UPI-98461392328583/#ixzz2tXMv70od">Olympic committee urged to ban lead shot in shooting events</a></li> </ul> <b>Moose Health News </b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_9131627c-968d-11e3-9c5f-001a4bcf887a.html">FWP biologists studying the decline of moose population</a> [Montana, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.austindailyherald.com/2014/02/moose-not-out-of-the-woods-yet/">Moose not out of the woods yet&nbsp; </a></li> </ul> <b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://kosu.org/2014/02/research-shows-new-flu-viruses-often-arise-in-domestic-animals/">Research Shows New Flu Viruses Often Arise In Domestic Animals</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/rabies-cases-on-the-rise-in-scc/article_51c275b0-958c-11e3-9e65-0019bb2963f4.html">Rabies cases on the rise in SCC</a> [Arizona, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://vaccinenewsdaily.com/medical_countermeasures/329805-chp-investigates-imported-human-case-of-avian-influenza-infection/">CHP investigates imported human case of avian influenza infection</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/02/pandemics">Catch as catch can</a> [announced a new strategy to prevent pandemics]</li> <li><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/us-west-nile-virus-14feb14/1851508.html">West Nile Virus Costs US $780 Million</a></li> <li><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/1150070/26-countries-begin-global-effort-to-better-fight-infectious-diseases/">26 countries begin global effort to better fight infectious diseases</a></li> </ul> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/feds-urge-residents-to-report-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-4699035354283812351Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-02-10T00:30:02.696-06:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES </b></span></span><br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">White-nose syndrome confirmed in bats in Arkansas</span></b><br /> <br /> White-nose syndrome, a fatal disease to several bat species, has been confirmed in Arkansas, the state Game and Fish Commission said Wednesday. The disease was documented in two northern long-eared bats found at a cave on a natural area managed by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission in Marion County, according to a news release.<br /> <br /> ... Five bats were found to have the disease during a survey of the Marion County cave on Jan. 11. The fungus was confirmed by tests on two of the bats by the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, according to an AGFC news release. The bats had damage to wing, ear and tail membranes consistent with white-nose syndrome.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arkansas News Bureau</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">29 Jan 2014</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arkansas, USA </span></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://arkansasnews.com/news/arkansas/white-nose-syndrome-confirmed-bats-arkansas">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>More White-Nose Syndrome News</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20140131/OUTDOORS01/301310006/Bat-fungus-continues-concern-biologists">&gt;&gt;&gt; Bat fungus continues to concern biologists</a></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/community/winter-cave-surveys-track-bat-numbers-health/article_add1b63c-b39a-5349-ac43-ecaa052a94dc.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; Winter cave surveys track bat numbers, health</a> [Kentucky, USA] </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5816/20140129/white-nose-syndrome-unstoppable-deadly-bat-disease-thrive-caves-without.htm">&gt;&gt;&gt; White Nose Syndrome May Be Unstoppable: Deadly Bat Disease Can Thrive in Caves Without Bats</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>What's killing all the starfish on the West Coast?</b></span><br /> <br /> Starfish have been mysteriously dying by the millions in recent months along the West Coast, worrying biologists who say the sea creatures are key to the marine ecosystem.<br /> <br /> Scientists first started noticing the mass deaths in June 2013. Different types of starfish, also known as sea stars, were affected, from wild ones along the coast to those in captivity, according to Jonathan Sleeman, director of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center.<br /> <br /> ... The most commonly observed symptoms are white lesions on the arms of the sea star. The lesions spread rapidly, resulting in the loss of the arm. Within days, the infection consumes the creature's entire body, and it dies.<br /> <br /> Entire populations have been wiped out in Puget Sound off the coast of Washington state, in the Salish Sea off Canada's British Columbia as well as along the coast of California. The mortality rate is estimated at 95 percent.<br /> <br /> ... “What we currently think is likely happening is that there is a pathogen, like a parasite or a virus or a bacteria, that is infecting the sea stars and that compromises in some way their immune system,” Pete Raimondi, chair of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told AFP.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>San Jose Mercury News</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>2014 Feb 02</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Jean-Louis Santini</i></span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Washington, and California, USA, and British Columbia, Cananda&nbsp; </i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_25042435/whats-killing-all-starfish-west-coast">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Assorted South West parasites favour cleaner habitat</b></span><br /> <br /> BIOLOGISTS investigating parasites on freshwater fish in the South West believe they have discovered at least 42 native parasite species that were previously undescribed...Murdoch University Associate Professor Alan Lymbery, who presented the research at the WA Freshwater Fish Symposium, says two known introduced parasite species were found.<br /> <br /> In addition to the introduced species, 42 morphologically different native parasites appeared to be different species.... Dr Lymbery says 30–40 per cent of the parasites were only found in a single species of fish, which had serious implications for the parasite’s conservation risk if the fish was endangered.<br /> <br /> “[Parasites] are probably at more risk than the fish host species because although some of the parasites we found have a direct life cycle, which means that the fish is their only host, a large number of them also had an indirect life cycle, which means they rely on other hosts as well,” he says.<br /> <br /> ... Dr Lymbery says the finding most fish biologists found interesting was that parasitism generally increased with improving water quality. He says parasites, particularly those with complex life cycles, are quite sensitive indicators of environmental quality....“Contrary to what most people think, which is that the worse the conditions are, the more disease or parasitism you have, you actually don’t find that,” Dr Lymbery says.<br /> <br /> “What we found was that the better the quality of the habitat, the more fish were parasitised and the greater number of species of parasites you found.”<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>ScienceNetwork Western Australia</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>2014 Jan 13</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>M Wheeler</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/fisheries-a-water/item/2635-assorted-south-west-parasites-favour-cleaner-habitat.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Some Good News Amid Bad News, for Hawai`i’s Endangered Honeycreepers</b></span><br /> <br /> Warming temperatures due to climate change are exposing endangered Hawaiian forest birds to greater risk of avian malaria. But new research led by the U.S. Geological Survey holds out some hope that the birds may be able to adapt. <br /> <br /> For decades, scientists have documented declines and extinctions among species of Hawaiian honeycreepers due to the spread of avian malaria and other diseases. At one time, the Hawaiian Islands had no mosquitoes—and no mosquito-borne diseases. But, by the late 1800s, mosquitoes were firmly established in the islands. Another invasive species—feral pigs—helped the mosquito population boom by creating larval habitat as they rooted through forests. The honeycreepers had no natural defense against a disease they had never before experienced.<br /> <br /> "Honeycreepers are exquisitely sensitive to avian malaria," said Dr. Carter Atkinson, a USGS microbiologist based at the USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center in Hawai’i. Atkinson is the lead author of two new research papers examining how climate change is increasing the honeycreepers’ risk of infection.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>USGS Newsroom </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>31 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3792#.Uvgjq_k_BvF">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL PRESS RELEASE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Carter T. Atkinson et al. (2014).<b> <i><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12535">Changing Climate and the Altitudinal Range of Avian Malaria in the Hawaiian Islands - an Ongoing Conservation Crisis on the Island of Kaua'i</a></i></b>. Global Change Biology; [Epub ahead of print]. doi:10.1111/gcb.12535</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> Carter T. Atkinson et al. (2014). <i><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0899-2">Experimental Evidence for Evolved Tolerance to Avian Malaria in a Wild Population of Low Elevation Hawai‘i ‘Amakihi (Hemignathus virens)</a></b></i>. EcoHealth. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0899-2</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED STORIES</b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/scientists-look-to-crowdsource-bumblebee-tracking/article_0c3e4872-7f44-5984-b91e-7bd55e779e0b.html">Scientists look to crowdsource bumblebee tracking</a> [May need to complete a quick survey to read full article]</li> <li><a href="http://www.news-press.com/article/20140131/ENT13/301310031/0/COLUMNISTS51/Environment-Pilot-whale-saga-filled-unknowns"> Pilot whale saga filled with unknowns</a> [Florida, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-manatee-deaths-indian-river-20140201,0,3492911.story">Manatee deaths unsolved amid effort to reverse Indian River collapse</a> [Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/us-canada/49446-dolphins-bad-shape-bp-oil-spill-study">Dolphins in 'bad shape' after BP oil spill: study</a></li> <li><a href="http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/state-and-regional/dnr-asks-public-to-report-dead-deer/article_cd21d278-600a-5164-85db-6b5c3cf46d71.html">DNR asks public to report dead deer</a> [Wisconsin, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.dailytribune.com/environment-and-nature/20140130/wildlife-struggles-in-brutal-winter-weather">Wildlife struggles in brutal winter weather</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2014/world/algae-blooms-new-visitor-ruin-sleeping-bear-dunes-shoreline/">Algae Blooms, A New Visitor, Ruin Sleeping Bear Dunes Shoreline</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/02/01/2804122/scientists-study-die-offs-among.html">Scientists study die-offs among bighorn sheep</a>[Wyoming, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/01/3240178/winter-storm-blamed-for-sea-turtle.html">Winter storm blamed for sea turtle deaths</a> [Florida, USA]</li> </ul> <b>One Health News Corner </b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Gaur-deaths-blamed-on-black-disease-30225735.html">Gaur deaths blamed on 'black disease'</a> [Thailand]</li> <li><a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-voles-ticks-linked-20140130,0,5585600.story#ixzz2ssUvcLdc">Ticks and endangered voles linked by migrating birds</a></li> </ul> <b>It Ain't All Bad News</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24985-return-of-the-bat-european-species-make-a-comeback.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news#.UvgkAvk_BvF">Return of the bat: European species make a comeback</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/57478341-223/sheep-bighorn-goslin-herd.html.csp">After calamity, Utah bighorn sheep return to Goslin Mountain</a> [Utah, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://m.livescience.com/42987-new-anemone-discovered-that-lives-in-antarctica-s-ice-video.html">New Anemone Discovered That Lives In Antarctica's Ice</a> [Video]</li> <li><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/threatened-red-squirrels-are-flourishing-on-island.23298963">Threatened red squirrels are flourishing on island </a>[Isle of Arran, Scotland]</li> </ul> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/whats-killing-all-starfish-on-west.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7450097731724658147Sat, 08 Feb 2014 02:02:00 +00002014-02-07T20:02:00.112-06:00In the Spotlight<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Battle For Bats: Surviving White Nose Syndrome</b></span><br /> <br /> <br /> Battle For Bats: Surviving White Nose Syndrome was produced for the USDA Forest Service by Ravenswood Media. It shows how government and private agencies have come together to search for solutions to help our bat populations overcome WNS. The public can also play a role in the future of bats by providing habitat and surveying their populations. Bats are a critical component in a healthy forest ecosystem, plus they provide significant agricultural pest control and pollination. Their survival is essential for a sustainable natural environment.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Ravenswood Media </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Video [13 min, 33 sec]</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://vimeo.com/76705033">&gt;&gt;&gt; TO VIDEO</a></div> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-spotlight-battle-for-bats-surviving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-30154025196375332Wed, 05 Feb 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-02-05T00:30:00.488-06:00Journal Digest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11535-013-0280-z">Prevalence and phenology of white-nose syndrome fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bats from Poland</a></b><br /> Central European Journal of Biology. 2014 Apr; 9(4): 437-443. doi:10.2478/s11535-013-0280-z<br /> Konrad Sachanowicz, Arkadiusz Stepien, Mateusz Ciechanowski<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.020.0405">Changes in Capture Rates in a Community of Bats in New Hampshire during the Progression of White-Nose Syndrome</a></b><br /> Northeastern Naturalist. 2013 Oct; 20(4):552-558. doi: 10.1656/045.020.0405<br /> Paul R. Moosman, Jr., Jacques P. Veilleux, Gary W. Pelton and Howard H. Thomas<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-0990-z">Hummingbird health: pathogens and disease conditions in the family Trochilidae</a></b><br /> Journal of Ornithology. 2014 Jan; 155(1): 1-12. doi:10.1007/s10336-013-0990-z<br /> Loreto A. Godoy, Lisa A. Tell, Holly B. Ernest<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086999" target="_blank">Genetic Structure of Avian Influenza Viruses from Ducks of the Atlantic Flyway of North America</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(1): e86999. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086999<br /> Huang Y, Wille M, Dobbin A, Walzthöni NM, Robertson GJ, et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070639" target="_blank">Extended Viral Shedding of a Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus by Striped Skunks (Mephitis mephitis)</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(1): e70639. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070639<br /> Root JJ, Shriner SA, Bentler KT, Gidlewski T, Mooers NL, et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086601" target="_blank">Selecting Essential Information for Biosurveillance—A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis </a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(1): e86601. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086601<br /> Generous N, Margevicius KJ, Taylor-McCabe KJ, Brown M, Daniel WB, et al.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1" target="_blank">Two new species of Haemoproteus Kruse, 1890 (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from European birds, with emphasis on DNA barcoding for detection of haemosporidians in wildlife</a></b><br /> Syst Parasitol. 2014 Feb;87(2):135-51. doi: 10.1007/s11230-013-9464-1. Epub 2014 Jan 29. <br /> Dimitrov D, Zehtindjiev P, Bensch S, Ilieva M, Iezhova T, Valkiūnas G.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.01.014" target="_blank">Diverse inter-continental and host lineage reassortant avian influenza A viruses in pelagic seabirds</a></b><br /> Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Jan 23. pii: S1567-1348(14)00017-3. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.01.014. [Epub ahead of print] <br /> Huang Y, Robertson GJ, Ojkic D3, Whitney H, Lang AS.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3069" target="_blank">Ocean warming and acidification have complex interactive effects on the dynamics of a marine fungal disease</a></b><br /> Proc Biol Sci. 2014 Jan 22;281(1778):20133069. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3069. Print 2014. <br /> Williams GJ, Price NN, Ushijima B, Aeby GS, Callahan S, Davy SK, Gove JM, Johnson MD, Knapp IS, Shore-Maggio A, Smith JE, Videau P, Work TM.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24450609" target="_blank">Laridae: A neglected reservoir that could play a major role in avian influenza virus epidemiological dynamics</a></b><br /> Crit Rev Microbiol. 2014 Jan 22. [Epub ahead of print] <br /> Arnal A, Vittecoq M, Pearce-Duvet J, Gauthier-Clerc M, Boulinier T, Jourdain E.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066166" target="_blank">Detection of mecC-positive Staphylococcus aureus (CC130-MRSA-XI) in diseased European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Sweden</a></b><br /> PLoS One. 2013 Jun 12;8(6):e66166. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066166. Print 2013. <br /> Monecke S, Gavier-Widen D, Mattsson R, Rangstrup-Christensen L, Lazaris A, Coleman DC, Shore AC, Ehricht R.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.006" target="_blank">Climatic variables are associated with the prevalence of biliary trematodes in otters</a></b><br /> Int J Parasitol. 2013 Aug;43(9):729-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.006. Epub 2013 Jun 7. <br /> Sherrard-Smith E, Chadwick EA, Cable J.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-10-179" target="_blank">Evolution of a reassortant North American gull influenza virus lineage: drift, shift and stability</a></b><br /> Virol J. 2013 Jun 6;10:179. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-179. <br /> Hall JS, Teslaa JL, Nashold SW, Halpin RA, Stockwell T, Wentworth DE, Dugan V, Ip HS.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02526-13" target="_blank">Risk Assessment of H2N2 Influenza Viruses from the Avian Reservoir</a></b><br /> &nbsp;J. Virol. 2014 Jan; 88(2): 1175-1188. [Epub ahead of print 2013 Nov 13]. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02526-13<br /> Jeremy C. Jones et al. <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/">Emerging Infectious Diseases - February 2014</a></b><br /> Volume 20, Number 2<br /> <br /> <br />http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/wildlife-disease-journal-digest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-1634942109320899238Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-02-03T00:30:00.157-06:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>UA researchers trace bat killer's path</b></span><br /> <br /> <i>White-Nose Syndrome poses threat of extinction; potential impact on agriculture</i><br /> <br /> ... The UA research identifies cold-loving, cave-dwelling fungi closely related to WNS, and where and how they spread, and how they survive. These findings help predict the future of North American bats —among them — the common Little Brown Bat, first seen with WSN in Ohio in March 2011.<br /> <br /> Led by Hazel Barton, UA associate professor of biology and recognized as having one of the world's preeminent cave microbiology labs, the research points to a group of fungi related to WSN, which appears as a white, powdery substance on the muzzles, ears and wings of infected bats and gives them the appearance they've been dunked in powdered sugar. Since it was first discovered in hibernating bats in New York in winter 2006-07, WNS has spread across 22 states, including Ohio. In Vermont's Aeolus Cave, which once housed 800,000 bats, WSN wiped out the hibernation den's entire population.<br /> <br /> In their research paper, "<a href="http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086437">Comparison of the White-Nose Syndrome agent Pseudogymnoascus destructans to cave-dwelling relatives suggests reduced saprotrophic enzyme activity</a>," published Jan. 22, 2014 by the PLOS ONE, Barton and UA post-doctoral fellow Hannah Reynolds compare two closely related fungi species and reveal common threads, including the discovery that the related fungi share the same nutritional needs.<br /> <br /> Originally satisfied by cave soil, the fungus' nutritional source has now transferred to bats. Barton and her colleagues are zeroing in on when the fungus transferred from environment to bat and the consequences of the fungus' relentless ability to survive solely in caves, uninhabited by bats.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>EurekAlert </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>29 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/uoa-urt012914.php">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Reynolds HT, Barton HA (2014) <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086437">Comparison of the White-Nose Syndrome Agent Pseudogymnoascus destructans to Cave-Dwelling Relatives Suggests Reduced Saprotrophic Enzyme Activity</a>. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86437. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086437</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Three new feline viruses raise questions about transmission and disease</b></span><br /> <br /> Pathogen researchers at Colorado State University have discovered a family of cancer-causing viruses in several U.S. populations of bobcats, mountain lions and domestic cats, raising questions about whether the previously undetected viruses could be transmitted between cat species – and whether they might be the root cause of some cancers found in housecats.<br /> <br /> ...Wildlife ecologists collected blood samples from the bobcats and mountain lions in the course of separate studies related to the wild cats; they shared samples for the CSU study. Likewise, animal shelters across the United States collected and shared blood samples from domestic cats.<br /> <br /> ... In analyzing blood collected from wild and domestic cat populations in these regions, researchers identified the novel gamma herpes viruses in three species – and further discovered the bobcat virus in some mountain lions. The route of transmission remains unknown, but could occur when the animals fight in the wild, Troyer said.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Medical Xpress </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>01 Feb 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>J Dimas</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-feline-viruses-transmission-disease.html"> &gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fukushima Radioactive Fallout in Alaska. Wildlife Health Implications</b></span><br /> <br /> <i>Scientists present links between unusual Alaska seal deaths and Fukushima fallout — Skin lesions, hair loss, lethargy — ‘Pulsed release’ when built-up radionuclides were set free as ice melted — “Wildlife health implications” due to radiation exposure discussed</i><br /> <br /> ...During summer 2011 it became evident to coastal communities and wildlife management agencies that there was a novel disease outbreak occurring in several species of Arctic ice-associated seals. Gross symptoms associated with the disease included lethargy, no new hair growth, and skin lesions, with the majority of the outbreak reports occurring between the Nome and Barrow region. NOAA and USFWS declared an Alaska Northern Pinnipeds Usual Mortality Event (UME) in late winter of 2011. <br /> <br /> The ongoing Alaska 2011 Northern Pinnipeds UME investigation continues to explore a mix of potential etiologies (infectious, endocrine, toxins, nutritious etc.), including radioactivity. Currently, the underlying etiology remains undetermined. We present results on gamma analysis (cesium 134 and 137) of muscle tissue from control and diseased seals, and discuss wildlife health implications from different possible routes of exposure to Fukushima fallout to ice seals. <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Global Research News</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>27 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-radioactive-fallout-in-alaska-wildlife-health-implications/5366358"> &gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other Wildlife Health Related News</b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25950906">Climate change is 'killing Argentina's Magellanic penguin chicks'</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.pe.com/environment/2014/01/27/kit-foxes-no-new-distemper-cases-found-in-riverside-county-desert/">No new distemper cases found in Riverside County desert</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.healthywildlife.ca/">Learning about Leatherbacks</a> [CCWHC healthywildlife.ca blog]</li> </ul> <b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/uoc--cal012314.php">Crowdsourcing a living map of world health</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.healthcanal.com/infections/47174-stopping-a-deadly-virus-in-its-tracks.html">Stopping a deadly virus in its tracks</a> [Rabies]</li> <li><a href="http://www.healthcanal.com/infections/47061-new-anthrax-killing-virus-from-africa-is-unusually-large.html">New anthrax-killing virus from Africa is unusually large</a></li> </ul> <b>Huh?! That's Interesting!</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20142801-25190.html">Understanding how plague spread</a></li> </ul> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/02/fukushima-radioactive-fallout-in-alaska.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-6065817723173181403Fri, 31 Jan 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-01-31T00:30:02.131-06:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TOP STORIES</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bat-killing fungus lurks in the Kansas City area</b></span><br /> <br /> A deadly fungus that has wiped out hibernating bats by the millions in its eight-year march west from a New York cave has finally crept into Jackson County.<br /> <br /> The discovery of “white-nose syndrome” in three tri-colored (or Eastern pipistrelle) bats in a limestone mine marks the nation’s westernmost spread, federal officials said last week. Afflicted mammals were found last winter in east-central Missouri; before that it was seen in the cave colonies of Pike County near the Mississippi River.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>22 Jan 2014 </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kansas City Star </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>D Levings</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/22/4770305/bat-killing-fungus-lurks-in-the.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reassortment patterns of avian influenza virus internal segments among different subtypes</b></span><br /> <br /> The segmented RNA genome of avian Influenza viruses (AIV) allows genetic reassortment between co-infecting viruses, providing an evolutionary pathway to generate genetic innovation. The genetic diversity (16 haemagglutinin and 9 neuraminidase subtypes) of AIV indicates an extensive reservoir of influenza viruses exists in bird populations, but how frequently subtypes reassort with each other is still unknown.<br /> <br /> Here we quantify the reassortment patterns among subtypes in the Eurasian avian viral pool by reconstructing the ancestral states of the subtypes as discrete states on time-scaled phylogenies with respect to the internal protein coding segments. We further analyzed how host species, the inferred evolutionary rates and the dN/dS ratio varied among segments and between discrete subtypes, and whether these factors may be associated with inter-subtype reassortment rate. <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>7th Space</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>24 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/451150/reassortment_patterns_of_avian_influenza_virus_internal_segments_among_different_subtypes.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <b><br /> </b> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Lu LuSamantha J LycettAndrew J Leigh Brown. (2014). <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-16">Reassortment patterns of avian influenza virus internal segments among different subtypes</a></b>. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14:16. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-16</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Eagle and grebe bird kills spur worry about West Nile mutation</b></span><br /> <br /> The mystery surrounding the deaths of 20,000 eared grebes along the Great Salt Lake shoreline has Davis County Mosquito Abatement District officials concerned, as a test is being conducted to determine if it is an existing West Nile virus strain or a mutated strain that killed the birds. Mosquito Abatement District Director Gary Hatch appeared before the Davis County Commission Tuesday expressing his concern. Hatch said he is not certain what effect the grebes infected with the West Nile virus may have on next summer's mosquito season, but there is the possibility the district could be facing a new strain of the virus in its effort to protect the public through its abatement sprayings.<br /> <br /> Testing has confirmed that more than 50 bald eagles died in Utah after scavenging on dead grebes that had the West Nile virus, the National Wildlife Health Center said.... But now district officials are concerned about where the grebes initially contracted the virus, and how it spread so quickly among that bird population.<br /> <br /> "We know what killed the eagles," Hatch said. "But what happened with the grebes is the concern." Local officials suspect based on the evidence of positive test results that the grebes likely contacted the virus somewhere else along their migratory route.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Standard-Examiner </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>22 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>B Saxton</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.standard.net/stories/2014/01/21/eagle-and-grebe-bird-kills-spur-worry-about-west-nile-mutation">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on: H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry and wild birds in Republic of Korea January 2014</span></b><br /> <br /> <b>Current situation</b><br /> The Republic of Korea reported its first of a number of outbreaks of H5N8 highly pathogenic avian<br /> influenza (HPAI) at a duck farm in Gochang, Jeolla Province, 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on<br /> 16 January, 2014. Following these outbreaks a number of wild birds have been reported as having died from the infection. Dozens of Baikal teal (Anas formosa) and a smaller number of bean geese<br /> (Anser fabilis) have died to date, some of which have tested positive for the virus. The H5N8 strain of influenza has since been identified on at least 17 other farms, with tests currently under way<br /> for many other suspected cases. Over 640,000 poultry have already been slaughtered, with many<br /> hundreds of thousands more set to be destroyed....<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>The Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds </b><br /> <br /> The United Nations Environment Programme/Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS)and Food and Agriculture Organization Co-convened Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds was established in 2005 and works as a communication and coordination network and continues to review the role of wild birds in the epidemiology of AI and the impact of the disease on wild birds, promoting a balanced opinion based on currently available evidence. Task Force members and/or observers include WHO, OIE, FAO, CMS, Ramsar Convention, AEWA, Wetlands International, Wildfowl &amp; Wetlands Trust, Birdlife International, Royal Veterinary College, Ecohealth Alliance and International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.iucn-whsg.org/sites/default/files/Scientific%20Task%20Force%20on%20Avian%20Influenza%20and%20Wild%20Birds%20H5N8%20HPAI%2028%20January%202014%20v2.pdf" target="_blank">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL STATEMENT&nbsp; </a></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Related News Stories</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/620688.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">&gt;&gt;&gt; Migratory birds confirmed to be source of bird flu outbreak</span></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS</span></b></span><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/1/23/1390505384495/A-koala-joey-hangs-on-his-015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/1/23/1390505384495/A-koala-joey-hangs-on-his-015.jpg" height="262" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A koala joey hangs on his mother Eola after a weighing procedure at the zoo <br /> in the western German city of Duisburg. 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That's Interesting!</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/smithsonian-lab-learns-about-animals-through-their-bones/2014/01/23/407559f0-797e-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html">Smithsonian lab learns about animals through their bones</a></li> </ul> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/01/eagle-and-grebe-bird-kills-spur-worry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-5538799397960213715Wed, 29 Jan 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-01-29T00:30:03.029-06:00News<span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TOP STORIES</span></b></span> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Micropredators dictate occurrence of deadly amphibian disease</b></span><br /> <br /> An international team of researchers has made important progress in understanding the distribution of the deadly amphibian chytrid pathogen. In some regions, the deadly impact of the pathogen appears to be hampered by small predators, naturally occurring in freshwater bodies. These micropredators may efficiently reduce the number of free-swimming infectious stages (zoospores) by consuming them. <br /> <br /> This natural behavior will reduce the infection pressure on potential amphibian hosts and a goes a long way towards explaining the occurrence of chytridiomycosis, at least in temporal climatic regions. These results were published in the renowned scientific journal <b><i><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.032">Current Biology</a></i></b>. The team of researchers state that their results raise the hope of successfully fighting chytridiomycosis, nowadays one of the most deadly wildlife diseases.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Phys.org</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>21 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-01-micropredators-dictate-occurrence-deadly-amphibian.html">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Dirk S. Schmeller et al. <b><i><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.032">Microscopic Aquatic Predators Strongly Affect Infection Dynamics of a Globally Emerged Pathogen</a></i></b>. Current Biology 2014. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.032</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Waterfowl poisoning halved by lead shot prohibition</b></span><br /> <br /> Lead shot was forbidden in 2001 in Spanish wetlands on the Ramsar List of these areas of international importance. Ten years later, this prohibition -and the consequent use of steel shot by hunters- has started to bear fruit, according to a report in the journal '<i><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.006" target="_blank">Environment International</a></b></i>'.<br /> <br /> "The most important part of our work is that it shows that, despite it's still covering a partial area, the change of material from lead to steel shot has reduced waterfowl poisoning and the contamination of hunted meat," Rafael Mateo Soria of the Hunting Resources Research Institute (IREC) and co-author of the study, told SINC.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>EurekaAlert</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>16 Jan 2014</i></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/f-sf-wph011614.php">&gt;&gt;&gt; FULL ARTICLE</a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> <b>Cited Journal Article</b></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> Mateo, R., Vallverdú-Coll, N., López-Antia, A., Taggart, M.A., Martínez-Haro, M., Guitart, R., Ortiz-Santaliestra, M.E. 2014. "<i><b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.006">Reducing Pb poisoning in birds and Pb exposure in game meat consumers: The dual benefit of effective Pb shot regulation</a></b></i>". Environment International 63: 163. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.006</div> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS </b></span></span><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/north-canterbury/9636498/Avian-botulism-kills-1000-birds">Avian botulism kills 1000 birds </a> [Brooklands Lagoon, New Zealand]</li> <li><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57412596-78/utah-virus-eagles-grebes.html.csp">Sick grebes confirmed as culprit in Utah eagle deaths</a></li> <li><a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-01-climate-threatens-freshwater-fish.html">Climate change threatens freshwater fish</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/2014/01/21/pilot-whales-florida-death-toll/4743305/">Death toll of beached pilot whales rises to 8</a> [Lovers Key State Park, Florida, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/22/us-usa-yellowstone-bison-idUKBREA0L03P20140122">Yellowstone managers reject vaccinating bison with biobullets</a></li> </ul> <b>White-Nose Syndrome News</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/241549171.html">Watch for bats in winter, living or dead</a> [British Columbia, Canada]</li> <li><a href="http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/916684/b-c-scientists-seek-answers-about-disease-thats-killing-bats/">B.C. scientists seek answers about disease that’s killing bats</a> [British Columbia, Canada]</li> </ul> <b>One Health News Corner</b><br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140113100501.htm">Freshwater turtles from wetlands can transmit Salmonella to humans</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20140111/GPG0204/301100485">Populations of predators affect human disease</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Bugs+will+travel+Public+health+watches+foreign+outbreaks/9369646/story.html">Bugs will travel: Public health watches foreign outbreaks because diseases move</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/goshen-county-on-high-alert-for-rabies-outbreak/article_be0c24c2-944d-5aa8-b9c2-0456a2913b3d.html">Goshen County on high alert for rabies outbreak</a> [Wyoming, USA]</li> <li><a href="http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/tomball/living/department-of-state-health-services-to-airdrop-rabies-vaccinations-for/article_ae10f438-830b-11e3-bcc8-001a4bcf887a.html">Department of State Health Services to airdrop rabies vaccinations for wildlife</a> [Texas, USA]</li> </ul> http://wdin.blogspot.com/2014/01/waterfowl-poisoning-halved-by-lead-shot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Data Integration Network [WDIN])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19898266.post-7541929372980455095Mon, 27 Jan 2014 06:30:00 +00002014-01-27T00:30:03.336-06:00Journal Digest<a href="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.wdin.org/documents/digest/journal%20digest_banner_small.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 182px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 670px;" /></a><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Browse complete Digest publication library </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wdin.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Digest">here</a></span></span></b></i></div><br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085339">No Evidence of Metabolic Depression in Western Alaskan Juvenile Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus)</a></b><br /> PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(1): e85339. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085339<br /> Hoopes LA, Rea LD, Christ A, Worthy GAJ <br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02351-13" target="_blank">Discovery of a Novel Bottlenose Dolphin Coronavirus Reveals a Distinct Species of Marine Mammal Coronavirus in Gammacoronavirus</a></b><br /> J. 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