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Seven birds across Hong Kong test positive for H5N1
Alibaba News - news.alibaba.com (Source: Reuters)
07 Feb 2009
Photo Credit: AP
Area: Hong Kong - Map It

Seven dead birds found in scattered locations across Hong Kong have tested positive for the H5N1 birdflu virus after, health authorities said on Saturday. The positive test results were found for seven bird carcasses found over the past week or so, including chickens, a duck, and several wild species including a grey heron and peregrine falcon.

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'07 Deer Disease Outbreak Worst Ever Recorded
The Leaf Chronicle - theleafchronicle.com
09 Feb 2009
O Schroeder
Area: United States - Map It

The Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia reports that the outbreak of hemorrhagic disease in the summer and fall of 2007 was the "heaviest HD activity ever documented." HD is a viral disease that is considered the most important infectious disease of white-tailed deer. It is closely related to the bluetongue virus and is spread by biting flies.

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Infested? Bat-killer spreads across Northeast, toward Southeast
The Keene Sentinel - sentinelsource.com
09 Feb 2009
M Hill
Photo Credit: Keene Sentinel

A mysterious and deadly bat disorder discovered just two winters ago in a few New York caves has now spread to at least six northeastern states, and scientists are scrambling to find solutions before it spreads across the country.

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President Obama Urged to Support Mercury Treaty by Green Groups
PR Newswire - news.prnewswire.com
09 Feb 2009

Today, at a meeting with state department officials, green groups will recommend that the U.S. Government support a legally binding treaty on mercury at the United Nations meeting next week in Nairobi, Kenya. The groups plan on distributing a letter signed by 50 U.S.-based groups and another 40 abroad, urging President Obama (and copied to Secretary of State Clinton, CEQ Director Sutley and EPA Administrator Jackson) to support a mercury treaty.

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National HPAI Early Detection Data System (HEDDS) Update
NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node
09 Feb 2009
Area: United States

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early Detection Data System (HEDDS) is an avian influenza data sharing repository. NBII and a network of partners across the nation have created HEDDS to hold data from different surveillance strategies and to provide a comprehensive view of national sampling efforts.

Recent HEDDS Activity

Feb 6, 2009: 198 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2008. Total is now 76,882.
Feb 6, 2009: 12 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2008. Total is now 76,684.
Feb 5, 2009: 730 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2008. Total is now 76,672.
Feb 5, 2009: 150 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2008. Total is now 75,942.

>>>HEDDS' LPAI H5N1 Results Table
>>>For more about HEDDS

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