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You, Too, Can Track Avian Flu and Other Wildlife Diseases
USGS - www.usgs.gov
04 June 2008
D Hebert
Want to stay on top of wildlife disease developments throughout the world?
USGS scientists Josh Dein and Hon Ip, and USGS web content manager Cris Marsh tell us how with some great Web tracking tools.
West Nile virus update - Western Hemisphere (06) - Archive Number 20080604.1788
ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org
04 Jun 2008
Area: United States - Map It
2008 West Nile virus activity in the United States (through 3 Jun 2008)
Data are being collected from state and local health departments on a weekly basis and are reported to the CDC ArboNET for the following 5 categories: wild birds, sentinel chicken flocks, human cases, veterinary cases, and mosquito surveillance. Maps detailing county-level wild birds, sentinel chicken flocks, human cases, veterinary cases, and mosquito surveillance data are published each week on the collaborative USGS (US Geological Survey)/CDC West Nile virus website.
Minnesota tests find lead in more donated venison
Star Tribune - www.startribune.com
04 Jun 2008
D Smith
Area: Minnesota United States
Minnesota officials have tested 1,239 samples of venison donated to food shelves last fall and found that 273, or 22 percent, had evidence of lead bullet fragments. That percentage is similar what was announced in April after about 300 samples had been examined with X-ray equipment. But the extent of the issue continues to surprise and perplex officials. Because all of the donated venison was processed commercially, some have suggested that careless processors might be at least partially to blame.
But the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources collected and tested 123 samples from DNR employees who processed their own deer themselves. They found about 18 percent had some lead contamination. "I was shocked,'' said Lou Cornicelli, DNR big-game program manager and a deer hunter whose own venison had some lead contamination. "I'm pretty careful how I trim around wound channels.''
Fish-killing disease reaches inland lake near Mansfield
Plain Dealer - www.cleveland.com
05 Jun 2008
D Egan
Area: Clearfork Reservoir, Richland County, Ohio United States - Map It
A disease that has killed fish around the lower Great Lakes has been discovered in Clearfork Reservoir, an Ohio inland lake near Mansfield. The Ohio Division of Wildlife collected routine fish samples in April to test for Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) outside of the Lake Erie drainage. Test results announced Wednesday detected a positive sample from a muskie netted from Clearfork Reservoir. Wildlife officials are asking anglers and boaters to avoid moving live fish from Clearfork Reservoir to other waters; to drain water from boat live wells, bilges and engines before leaving the reservoir; and to empty bait buckets and coolers.
Tyson finds chickens with mild bird flu strain
Reuters - www.reuters.com
03 Jun 2008
B Burgdorfer
Area: Arkansas United States - Map It
Tyson Foods Inc, the second largest U.S. chicken producer, said on Tuesday it will destroy about 15,000 chickens in Arkansas exposed to a mild strain of bird flu, and while there was no risk to human health the news sent its shares lower. The affected chickens, which will not enter the food supply, had antibodies of a mild or low pathogenic strain of bird flu called H7N3. It is the deadly high pathogenic H5N1 strain, which has never been found in the United States, that worries scientists because it has spread to and killed people around the world. While the findings are no threat to humans, shares of U.S. chicken companies dropped as investors worried foreign buyers may ban U.S. chicken.
The United States exports about 16 percent of its chicken, and a loss of key overseas markets could create a glut of chicken here. There have been previous cases of mild bird flu in the United States. Last year government investigators found cases in 13 states. Because of the Arkansas findings the U.S. Agriculture Department already has suspended shipments of chicken from that state to Russia, the top overseas market for U.S. chicken. One concern is Russia may implement a broader ban.
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Photo courtesy of Toronto Star
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