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Lead cuts short flight of some Minnesota bald eagles
Star Tribune - www.startribune.com
26 Nov 2008
D Smith
Photo credit: Dr. Luis Cruz-Martinez, Star Tribune
Area: Minnesota, USA - Map It 
..."The University of Minnesota veterinarians and researchers say bald eagles in Minnesota have been dying of lead poisoning for years. And they say the evidence now is overwhelming that the source of that poison is fragmented lead bullets fired by Minnesota hunters."
New Vaccines Protect Against Asian H5N1 Influenza A Viruses in Domestic Ducks
Medical News Today - www.medicalnewstoday.com
26 Nov 2008
Scientists are looking at a novel strategy to prevent the spread of pandemic avian influenza. They have developed a vaccine that protects ducks, a known natural reservoir for the virus. They report their findings in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Virology
Cited Journal Article
>>>Pathogenicity and vaccine efficacy of different clades of Asian H5N1 avian influenza A viruses in domestic ducks
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Game farm deer herd destroyed in Portage County
Fond du Lac Reporter - fdlreporter.com
25 Nov 2008
Area: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin - Map It
A white-tailed deer herd infected with chronic wasting disease on a Portage County hunting preserve has been destroyed and samples from all the animals sent to a laboratory to be tested, according to a press release from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Synthetic virus supports a bat origin for SARS
Biology News Net - biologynews.net
26 Nov 2008
... The findings identify pathways by which a bat coronavirus may have adapted to infect humans. The studies also provide a model approach for rapid identification, analysis and public health responses to future natural or intentional virus epidemics.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH NEWS
- Wild deer may have to be culled to curb spread of TB in cattle [United Kingdom - Map It]
- Mating season brings normally reclusive sheep into open
- Deer endanger suburban Kansas City park
- Wildlife biologist seeks hunters' help
- World Facing Shortage Of Large Animal Veterinarians
- Scientists Use Light Pollution To Measure Health Of Coral Reefs
- Livestock creating food shortage for Asiatic ibex
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds [book]
CT Atkinson, NJ Thomas, DB Hunter
Bovine-Like Coronaviruses Isolated from Four Species of Captive Wild
Ruminants Are Homologous to Bovine Coronaviruses, Based on Complete GenomicSequences
Journal of Virology. 2008 Dec; 82(24): 12422-12431KP
Alekseev et al.
Biological and Phylogenetic Characterization of Pigeon Paramyxovirus
Serotype 1 Circulating in Wild North American Pigeons and Doves
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2008 Oct; 46(10): 3303-3310 [online abstract only].
LM Kim et al.
First Isolation of EBLV-2 in Germany
Veterinary Microbiology. 2008 Sep 18; 131(1-2); 26-34 [online abstractonly]
C Freuling et al.
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