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Strange Lagoon Dolphin Deaths Cause Concern
Divermaster News - www.divemaster.com
08 Sep 2008
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Area: Volusia County, Florida, USA - Map It 
Since mid-May, 46 bottlenose dolphins have stranded themselves and died on beaches throughout the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, alarming scientists who say that's six more dolphins than they usually find in an entire year. Three of the dead dolphins have been found in Mosquito Lagoon, on the southern end of Volusia County. The deaths have been declared an "unusual mortality event," and an investigation is under way, said Wendy Noke-Durden, a research biologist with Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. Marine biologists from across the country are comparing notes and sending samples for testing, with Hubbs serving as the coordinating agency.
Ducks dying at The Lake in Newark
Mercury News - www.mercurynews.com
05 Sep 2008
B Aguirre Jr.
Area: Newark, Alameda County, California, USA - Map It
Along the southeast bank of The Lake in Newark stand two trees that create shade for dozens of ducks looking for refuge from the sun. Some ducks are laying down; others are walking around making noise as if to alert the others that something has happened. And something has -- a duck is dead on the bank, just feet away from the flock. Several hundred yards to the west, three others are lifeless, floating in the water they once called home. These four ducks, which city maintenance workers fetched Thursday from The Lake, are the latest dead fowl to be recovered from the body of water in recent days. So far, there have been 15.
Reported Wildlife Mortality Events to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center UpdatedUSGS National Wildlife Health Center
08 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 05, 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.
Birds with West Nile found in Peoria, Illiopolis
Journal Star - www.pjstar.com
06 Sep 2008
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Area: Peoria County - Map It
and Sangamon County, Illinois, USA - Map It The first birds to test positive for West Nile virus this year in central Illinois were in Peoria and Sangamon counties, state health officials said Friday. "Although fall is only a couple weeks away, people need to stay vigilant and protect themselves against West Nile virus," Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, said in a news release. Peoria County reported a positive blue jay collected Aug. 29 in Peoria. The Sangamon County Health Department reported a positive sparrow collected Aug. 25 in Illiopolis.
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Anthrax, elephants - Namibia (Caprivi) - Archive Number 20080907.2788
ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org
02 Sep 2008
Area: Caprivi, Namibia - Map It
A mysterious disease believed to be anthrax is exerting a grim toll on Caprivi's elephant herd, wiping out large numbers of these majestic wild animals, particularly in the area of Nakabolelwa, about 90 km east of Katima Mulilo. A village headman at Nakabolelwa told New Era that last month [August 2008], at least 4 elephants succumbed to the mysterious disease in that area. He said several other cases were also confirmed at a nearby settlement in Botswana and that it is suspected that the elephants might be dying from anthrax. If this disease is indeed anthrax, it can easily spread to cattle.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Image courtesy of AFP/File photo
Pictured: Thousands of Australia's koalas felled by land-clearing: WWF Low-pathogenic avian flu hits Idaho game farm
Climate change could stop corals fixing themselves
Ocean noise deafening sea life
The week in wildlife [photo gallery]
Recovery efforts not enough for critically endangered Asian vulture
Yellow toad births offer hope for extinct-in-the-wild species
Wild-Oyster Reefs In Trouble
20 U.S. STATES, CANADA, AND MEXICO HAVE DEAD ZONES
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation - September 2008 - Vol 20, Issue 5
Articles of note
- Analytical validation of a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test for Pan-American lineage H7 subtype Avian influenza viruses
- A chromatographic strip test for rapid detection of one lineage of the H5 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza
- Evaluation of two avian influenza type A rapid antigen tests under Indonesian field conditions
- Persistent Bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in wild cervids of Colorado
Association Between Number of Wild Birds Sampled for Identification of H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus and Incidence of the Disease in the European Union.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2008 Sep 02; ePub ahead of print [online abstract only]
M Martinez et al.
The development and genetic diversity of H5N1 influenza virus in China, 1996–2006
Virology. 2008; ePub ahead of print [online abstract only]
L Duan et al.
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