Koala gets a cat scan
Daily Telegraph - www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph
09 Feb 2008
Area: Australia
Photo courtesy of jobwerx
IT was a big change from sitting in gum trees and eating eucalyptus leaves but 13-year-old Petra's date with a CT scanner yesterday may well have saved her life.
Petra, from Sydney Wildlife World, became the first koala in Australia to be diagnosed with a potentially fatal fungal disease called cryptococcosis using a Philips 16-slice Brilliance CT (computed tomography) scanner at the University of Sydney Veterinary Hospital.
Cryptococcosis is a disease of the nasal cavity caused by a fungus associated with eucalypts such as river red gum, which is a key source of nutrition for koalas.
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A micro-pill for the health of Chambal’s ghariyals
Express India Newspapers - www.expressindia.com
11 Feb 2008
Area: India
Following the movement of ghariyals in the Chambal range and keeping track of their health will now become easier for wildlife experts. Over 200 ghariyals will now have microchips embedded in their throats. The chips will be inserted through their mouths.
The operation is being under taken by the Ghariyal Crisis Management Group (GCMG) formed by the Centre following the recent deaths of ghariyals in the Etawah range.
Coloradoan News Services - www.coloradoan.com
10 Feb 2008
Area: Colorado, USA
Photo courtesy of Coloradoan News Services
For the first time since whirling disease decimated most naturally reproducing rainbow trout populations throughout Colorado more than a decade ago, new strains of rainbows have reproduced naturally in the Gunnison River and in ponds located along the Frying Pan River near Basalt.
Colorado Division of Wildlife biologists are hopeful that the successful natural reproduction will lead to re-establishing wild, self-sustaining rainbow trout populations in Colorado where whirling disease has precluded wild rainbow trout recovery efforts. The fish, a cross of the Hofer rainbow trout and other rainbow strains that are used for stocking, appear to be resistant to whirling disease.
Other Fish Disease News
Revealed: Scotland's wildlife crimewave
News.scotsman.com - news.scotsman.com
10 Feb 2008
J Watson
Area: Scotland
Criminal damage to wildlife and the countryside in Scotland is soaring according to a new report by government advisers. Latest figures show a 12-year high in the number of incidents involving bird poisonings with pesticides, as well as 165 incidents of badger baiting over the past three years.
In addition, there have been 27 cases of potential criminal damage to protected landscape and wildlife areas over the past year.
Examples include building unauthorised tracks across protected areas to allow easier access to game shooting, constructing illegal fences and allowing animals to graze on land set aside for regenerating native forests.
. . . Simon Milne, the trust's chief executive, said: "The headlines go to stealing of eggs and the poisoning of birds of prey but damage to the landscape itself can have far-reaching and long-term consequences. They are just as much a crime."
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No news was good news for deer season
Myrtle Beach Online - www.myrtlebeachonline.com
08 Feb 2008
G Holshouser
Area: South Carolina, USA
Sometimes, no news is good news and that is Charles Ruth's take on the recently concluded 2007 white-tail deer hunting season in South Carolina. . . . No news is most certainly good news pertaining to the health of South Carolina's deer herd.
. . . In a season when the occurrence of hemorrhagic disease was fairly common throughout the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast, South Carolina was, in Ruth's view, surprisingly devoid of the disease.
. . . Another disease that could possibly threaten South Carolina deer is Chronic Wasting Disease, a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy that affects deer and elk. The disease has been found in 14 states and two Canadian provinces but not in the Palmetto State.
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