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Deer breeders welcome news that Kent County chronic wasting case was isolated
Grand Rapids Press - www.mlive.com
04 September 2008
H Meyerson
Area: Kent County, Michigan, United States
Test results on more than 50 deer killed and taken off a northern Kent County deer breeding farm last week all have come back negative for chronic wasting disease, Michigan Department of Agriculture officials said Wednesday. That finding means only one deer, a 3-year-old doe, was found to be infected with the fatal neurological disease. Officials are waiting for test results on four other deer taken off two deer farms, in Osceola and Montcalm counties. Both were breeding facilities that received deer from the Kent County farm, which has not been identified.
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04 Sep 2008
Some scientists suspect that pesticides are the cause of plummeting bee populations, which could have serious consequences for pollination and production of food crops.
Plague Fought on Rodents' Behalf
redOrbit - www.redorbit.com
03 Sep 2008
C Brokaw
Area: Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the country's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets. The deadly disease sylvatic plague was discovered in May in a huge prairie dog town in the Conata Basin. The black-tailed prairie dog is the main prey of ferrets, and the disease quickly killed up to a third of the area's 290 ferrets along with prairie dogs. The disease stopped spreading with the arrival of summer's hot, dry weather, but it poses a serious threat to efforts to establish stable populations of one of the country's rarest mammals, said Scott Larson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Pierre.
West Nile virus continues killing birds in record numbers
Ramona Sentinel - www.ramonasentinel.com
03 Sep 2008
Area: San Diego County, California, United States
County Vector Control officials said today that 43 dead birds tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV) this week, bringing this year's total to 361 dead birds, 13 mosquito pools, one horse, and 10 humans. The 40 American crows, two Western scrub jays and one Brewer's black bird were found in Ramona, Alpine, Carlsbad, City Heights, Chula Vista, Clairemont, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Kearney Mesa, La Jolla, Lakeside, Linda Vista, Mira Mesa, Oceanside, Pacific Beach, Poway, Santee, Sorrento Valley, Spring Valley and Torrey Hills. “Late August and early September has been prime time for human infections in the past,” said Gary Erbeck, director of the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health. “Residents must continue to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites when they are outside.”
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