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One Planet, One Health
Tufts University - www.tufts.edu
22 Sep 2008
Area: United States

As animal and human welfare are increasingly intertwined, veterinarians are playing a key role in keeping us all thriving.

Kristine Smith, V02, is garbed in face mask and gloves, taking blood samples from white swans. It's not unusual work for a veterinarian, except that Smith isn't in a clinic—she's by an isolated lake in northern Mongolia. And it's not the only place she's done this kind of work. In the last several years, she's been in locales as far-flung as South Africa, Kazakhstan and Cambodia. Her goal is simple, even if achieving it isn't: to understand the transmission of avian influenza by wild birds.

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Hundreds of dead carp discovered at Cooke Pond
Oscoda Press - www.oscodapress.com
24 Sep 2008
Area: Oscoda, Michigan, USA - Map It

Something is fishy at Cooke Pond in Oscoda, with the die-off of hundreds of carp from the pond, according to residents. Clarence Raymond, who has been fishing in the area since the 1960s, said he first noticed the dead fish a little more than a week ago. “I didn’t see anything until a friend of mine came out and said, ‘Did you see all the dead carp?’ I went down and checked and, sure enough, they were there.”

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Myxomatosis threat to rabbits at nature reserve
Echo News - www.echo-news.co.uk
24 Sep 2008
M Knight
Area: Langdon Nature Reserve, Langdon Hills, England, UK - Map It

RABBITS in a popular nature reserve are under threat following an outbreak of myxomatosis. The disease, which kills rabbits, is currently rife at Langdon Nature Reserve in Langdon Hills. Keen walker Kay Succa-more, of Fraser Close, Laindon, told how she spotted an infected rabbit while out in the park on Monday. She later had her fears confirmed by a warden who found another dead rabbit near the reserve’s lake. Mrs Succamore said: “I saw this rabbit just sitting there.

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Dolphin is found dead in Fair Haven on bank of Navsink
The Star-Ledger - www.nj.com
24 Sep 2008
Area: Fair Haven, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Map It

A 40-foot-long decomposed whale has washed ashore on a Plymouth beach, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. . . . The Coast Guard sent out a 25-foot boat crew this morning to search for any boats that may have struck the whale, she said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is aware of the beaching and has sent a response crew with the New England Aquarium to confirm reports that a whale has washed ashore and identify the species, said Mendy Garron, the NOAA’s northeast region marine mammal stranding coordinator. A dead whale had been seen floating in the area for about a week, but it’s unclear if the whale that washed ashore this morning is that same whale, said Kate Sardi, a senior biologist in the rescue department of the New England Aquarium.

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Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center Updated
USGS National Wildlife Health Center
24 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 23, 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.

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Dead crow tests positive for virus
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - www.telegram.com
24 Sep 2008
G Stanton
Area: Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA - Map It

The Board of Health announced yesterday that a dead bird found on Hall Road has tested positive for West Nile virus. “It was a crow,” said Health Inspector James Abare. “A resident found it.” The bird was found on Sept. 17 and the Health Department was immediately contacted. The town received the test results back late Monday afternoon.

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