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Another bat had fungal disease
Times Union - www.timesunion.com
09 Nov 2008
C Gowan
Location: Rosendale, Ulster County, New Scotland - Map It 
State officials discovered another case of white nose syndrome fungus, a small white substance that has been found around the face and nose of thousands of bats.
The new case, a bat found in a cave in Rosendale, Ulster County, was the first of its kind since spring, according to Ward Stone, state wildlife pathologist at Five Rivers Environmental Center in New Scotland.
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>>>Biologists Investigate Mysterious Bat Disease [includes video]
Unraveling Lion's Natural History Using Host And Virus Population GenomicsScienceDaily – www.sciencedaily.com
07 Nov 2008
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the world's most charismatic carnivores. In an article published November 7 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, an international team of researchers provides insights into the genetic structure and history of lion populations. . . .
Understanding the broader aspects of the evolutionary history of the lion has been hindered by a lack of comprehensive sampling and appropriately informative genetic markers. Nevertheless, the unique social ecology of lions and the well-documented infectious diseases they have experienced, including lion-specific feline immunodeficiency virus (FIVPle), provides the opportunity to study lion evolutionary history using both host and virus genetic information.
CITED JOURNAL ARTICLE
>>> The Evolutionary Dynamics of the Lion Panthera leo Revealed by Host and Viral Population Genomics. PLoS Genet, 2008; 4(11): e1000251 - A Antunes et al.
DNR says chronic wasting disease increasing in parts of stateJournal Sentinel - www.jsonline.com
07 Nov 2008
L Bergquist
Location: Wisconsin, USA – Map It
In its first long-term analysis of how to manage chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources acknowledged this week that the fatal deer disease can't be eliminated in some parts of the state. Despite six years of work, infected areas such as western Dane and eastern Iowa counties have been growing and are "likely increasing," a new report says.
Wisconsin has used longer hunting seasons in the past to reduce numbers in the hope of slowing the spread of the disease. But in a 10-year management plan released this week for public comment, officials said political and hunter support for such tactics was declining.
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LAST WEEK’S TOP READ LINKS
- Newly Identified Fungus Implicated in White-Nose Syndrome in Bats: Mysterious Bat Disease Decimates Colonies in the Northeast
- Study: Lyme Disease Was Imported
- PHOTOS: Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 Announced
- Bluetongue outbreak comes from illegal vaccine
- Bush Administration Proposes Second Interagency Group for Bison
- Study Traces Frog Population Decline To Weed Killer [includes audio broadcast]
- Experts Identify Fungus Suspected In Bat Die-Off [includes audio broadcast]
- Amphibians Hit Two Ways by Farm Chemicals
- Gabon centre refocuses on emerging diseases
- West Nile's North American Spread Described
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- Ocean Animal Emergency: Program broadcast date - November 25, 2008[PBS NOVA Annoucement]
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- Smaller Mosquitoes Are More Likely To Be Infected With Viruses Causing Human Diseases
- Agencies to let more bison outside Yellowstone
- Groups dedicate new waterfowl area at Clinton Lake
- Rare animal trade thrives in Thailand from lax laws
- United States Contributes $320 Million to Global Avian Flu Fight: Highly pathogenic H5N1 now well established in six nations
- Gobies invade streams, inland lakes [avian botulism]
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