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Amphibians 'afloat and fighting'
BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk
13 Oct 2008
R Black
Image courtesy of John Kohler
. . . The chytrid fungus is probably the most serious acute threat to amphibians. In some places, it has basically clear-cut species in a matter of a few years. It can be cured in captivity; the antibiotic chloramphenicol is one agent that does the trick, and seems to give amphibians some residual protection afterwards. But treating entire water systems in the wild is another matter.
FWP asks elk hunters to be out for blood
Helena Independent Record - www.helenair.com
14 Oct 2008
B French
Area: Montana, United States
Landowners, hunters, outfitters and guides are being pressed into scientific service in southwestern Montana this fall. Fish, Wildlife and Parks has sent out 8,000 blood sample kits by mail, and distributed some in person, in hopes of gaining insight into the brucellosis infection rate of elk near Yellowstone National Park. The agency recently held a meeting in Dillon to offer instruction on how to properly obtain blood samples. “We’re looking at the incidence and range of infection,” said Mel Frost, FWP’s public information officer in Bozeman.
Asian oysters revisited: a health threat?Baltimore Sun - weblogs.baltimoresun.com
13 Oct 2008
T Wheeler
Image courtesy of Maryland Sea Grant College
Area: Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
Asian oysters may be able to repopulate and help clean up the Chesapeake Bay, but does that mean you'd want to eat them? There are questions about whether the fast-growing imports would be more likely than the now-depleted native oysters to pick up and pass along along human disease pathogens or viruses. Researchers at Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that Crassostrea ariakensis, aka the Asian or Suminoe oyster, collected and retained viruses that cause gastro-intestinal illness in humans, such as norovirus and hepatitis A. Their findings were published in last month's Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Take care when eating deer meat
Osakis Review - www.theosakisreview.com
14 Oct 2008
Area: Minnesota, United States
Hunting and health experts do not fully understand what dangers, if any, lead in deer meat may present, but with the deer hunting season about to open, Minnesota officials say there are precautions hunters should take. However, state officials are resuming a venison donation program for needy Minnesotans after it was canceled abruptly last year over meat safety fears. Since ground venison appears more likely to contain lead contamination, food shelves will distribute only whole cuts this year. Health and Department of Natural Resources officials say pregnant women and children younger than 6 should not eat meat from deer killed by lead bullets.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Image courtesy of Discovery News - dsc.discovery.com
Pictured: Scientists Map Giant Panda Genome- Local officials learn how to raise awareness about bird flu in Myanmar
- Ducks died of botulism - Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA - Map It
- DNR Wants Help Preventing Chronic Wasting Disease
- Wisconsin Urged to Protect Waters against Invasives
- North Dakota wary of Minnesota bovine TB proposal
- Injured swan nursed back to good health and released onto Highbridge lake
- West Nile virus found in bird in Jefferson County - Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA - Map It
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