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Fishery closed after abalone virus found in wild
Mercury News - www.news.com.au/mercury
16th Sep 2008
D Brown
Image courtesy of Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute
Area: Tasmania - Map It 
A wild abalone taken from waters off southern Tasmania has tested positive to a potentially devastating virus. State chief veterinary officer Rod Andrewartha yesterday confirmed the wild abalone had abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG). It has prompted the closure of a 229 square kilometre fishing area. The seabed in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Port Esperance and Southport was closed to commercial and recreational abalone industries from midnight.
West Nile virus is detected in Will County for the first time this year
Chicago Tribune - www.chicagotribune.com
16 Sep 2008
Area: Will County, Illinois, USA - Map It
A crow found along Illinois Highway 59 in Shorewood has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first case in Will County this year. Animal control workers picked up the bird Sept. 8 and sent it to state officials for laboratory analysis. The positive test was confirmed by Will County Environmental Health on Friday, said the county's health department. Will County is the 19th county in Illinois to report West Nile virus activity in 2008. Statewide, there have been five human cases, 16 birds and 459 mosquito batches reported through Friday. No human cases have been reported in Will County.
Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center UpdatedUSGS National Wildlife Health Center
16 Sep 2008
Area: United States
USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death. This information was updated on Sep 15, 2008 on the USGS National Wildlife Health Center web page, New and Ongoing Wildlife Mortality Events Nationwide. Quarterly Mortality Reports are also available from this page. These reports go back to 1995.
Why some primates, but not humans, can live with immunodeficiency viruses and not progress to AIDS
EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org (Source: Emory University)
16 Sep 2008
Key differences in immune system signaling and the production of specific immune regulatory molecules may explain why some primates are able to live with an immunodeficiency virus infection without progressing to AIDS-like illness, unlike other primate species, including rhesus macaques and humans, that succumb to disease. Following the identification of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) as the cause of AIDS 25 years ago, an extensive search was undertaken to identify the source of the virus. These studies led to the discovery that chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys are infected in the wild with simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV), whose transmission to humans and macaques leads to AIDS. Surprisingly, the natural hosts for the AIDS viruses, such as the mangabeys and numerous other African primate species who have been found to harbor SIVs in the wild, remain healthy despite infection.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Image courtesy of Patrick Straub/Keystone/AP
Pictured: The week in wildlife- Cancer Likely Cause of Dolphin's Death
- Ninety years after killer virus roamed, scientists try to coax out its secrets
- Economic value of insect pollination worldwide estimated at 153 billion euros
- Clampdown urged on shark finning
- Calls for bushmeat ban rejected
- Australia in biosecurity 'hotspot'
- Connetquot fish hatchery to close for 5 years
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - Online First Articles
Articles of Note
- Organochlorine Pesticide and Polychlorinated Biphenyl in Feathers of Resident and Migratory Birds of South-West Iran
- Total and Methyl Mercury Concentrations in Seabird Feathers and Eggs
- Mercury and Other Metals in Feathers of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) and Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) from the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery - August 2008
Volume 10, Issue 4
Articles of Note
- Prevalence of influenza A H5N1 virus in cats from areas with occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in birds
- Avian influenza A H5N1 infections in cats
Nestling Passerines Are Not Important Hosts for Amplification of West Nile Virus in Chicago, Illinois
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2008 Epub ahead of print. [online abstract only]
SR Loss et al.
Influenza A Virus Infections in Land Birds, People's Republic of China
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2008 Epub ahead of print [free full-text available][pdf]
A.T. Peterson et al.
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