Mercury Threatens Next Generation Of Loons
Science Daily – www.sciencedaily.com
04 Mar 2008
A long-term study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the BioDiversity Research Institute, and other organizations has found and confirmed that environmental mercury--much of which comes from human-generated emissions--is impacting both the health and reproductive success of common loons in the Northeast.
The results of the 18-year study on loons--a species symbolic of northern lakes and wilderness--appear in the most recent edition of Ecotoxicology.
"This study demonstrates how top predators such as common loons can be used as the proverbial 'canaries-in-the-coalmine' for pollutants that concern humans as well," said David C. Evers of the BioDiversity Research Institute and lead author of the study. "Our findings can be used to facilitate national and global decisions for regulating mercury emissions from coal-burning plants and other sources."
Stephenson County joins CWD list
Prairie State Outdoors – www.prairiestateoutdoors.com
04 Mar 2008
D Goodman
Chronic wasting disease has spread to Stephenson County, wildlife officials announced last week.
A deer killed by a hunter west of Freeport in the fall tested positive for the fatal disease.
Officials believe the deer likely roamed to Stephenson County from the core infected area in Winnebago and Boone counties, where the state’s first CWD case was found in 2002.
They hope it is an isolated case similar to single positives found in other northern Illinois counties.
Bovine TB sharpshooters in northwestern Minn. thin deer herd
Dickenson Press – www.thedickensonpress.com
05 Mar 2008
B Dokken
. . . A wildlife biologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services agency in Grand Rapids, Hart is overseeing the sharp-shooting campaign now under way to remove additional deer from the core area of a bovine tuberculosis outbreak in Roseau and northern Beltrami counties.
"The people up here have been some of the finest I've worked with," Hart said. "Even the folks who don't agree are respectful and sincere. From the landowners to the local people, they're going to help you out if they can."
A contagious respiratory disease, bovine TB first was found in cattle herds near Skime in 2005, and subsequent testing of more than 3,000 deer has found 13 cases. Four deer taken during last fall's hunting seasons also showed signs of the disease and likely will bring the total to 17 once test results are final.
Koalas treated for fungal diseaseWorld News Australia – news.sbs.com.au
05 Mar 2008
Petra, a 13 year old koala, receives a dose of medication to help treat Cryptococcus at Sydney Wildlife World in Sydney today.
Petra had a CT scan and was diagnosed with a fungal disease called Cryptoccus.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
- Pygmy Rabbits in Peril in the U.S.A.
- Veterinarians warn Congress about dangers of veterinary shortage: Public health jeopardized by too few veterinarians
- Goats with contagious brain disease destroyed
- PREPAREDNESS: global in nature, local in practice: One-medicine approach hinges on local leadership and participation
- OIE and China agree on increased cooperation on animal disease prevention and control
- Warming has slowed coral growth
- Mysterious "Rain on Snow" Events Tracked in Arctic (Rise in temps spell doom for caribou, musk-oxen, and reindeer in Earth's northernmost regions)
- Reply to White-nose syndrome, bats - USA (05): (Northeast)
- Linn vigilant about wild pigs
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Prion protein in sheep urine
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2008; 20(2): 141-146 [online abstract only]
O Andrievskaia et al.
Investigation of characteristics and factors associated with avian mycobacteriosis in zoo birds
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2008; 20(2): 186-196 [online abstract only]
CL Witte et al.
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