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Rutland Herald - rutlandherald.com
30 Jan 2009
Photo Credit: C Page, Free Presss
Area: Northeastern United States - Map It
White-nose syndrome, the puzzling disease that has killed hundreds of thousands of hibernating bats in the Northeast over the past two winters — including in Vermont — has now been confirmed in two new states, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The announcement came just a couple weeks after news reports that bizarre bat behavior — bats flying around in the middle of winter during daylight hours — had been observed in parts of Vermont and Massachusetts.
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Researchers Have Developed Test For Mad Cow DiseaseRed Orbit - redorbit.com
30 Jan 2009
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A blood test has been developed by Canadian researchers that can diagnose fatal chronic wasting disease in elk, and may provide an inexpensive approach to screening for mad cow disease. According to the researchers, the test looks for damaged cells in the blood, and may also provide a way to diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. The report appears in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.
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Infection spread feared with end of deer cull
Edmonton Journal - edmontonjournal.com
30 Jan 2009
H Brooymans
Area: Alberta, Canada - Map It
The provincial government has halted a program that culled deer populations infected with chronic wasting disease near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, a decision critics say could allow the disease to spread throughout the province.
India culls thousands of birds after flu outbreak
CNN - cnn.com
29 Jan 2009
HS Singh
Area: India - Map It
India has culled more than 4,000 birds in Sikkim since the outbreak of avian influenza in the remote northeastern state last week, federal authorities said Thursday. Health officials also detected dozens of cases of upper respiratory infection among humans, but none of the patients had any history of handling sick poultry, a government statement said. Sikkim, which borders Nepal and China, declared a bird flu outbreak on January 19. "So far, 4,129 birds have been culled," the federal health ministry said, announcing that operations were now over.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
- Congress Steps Up to Screen Invasive Animals in Trade
- Advocates want bison managed as wild animals
- Brucellosis testing program under way [Wyoming]
- Salt Plains refuge personnel to scare off sandhill cranes with propane cannons [fusariotoxin]
- Feral hog population threatens agriculture industry
- Feds promise better notice about bird kills
- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Investigating Wild Turkey Deaths in Logan County
LAST WEEK'S TOP READ LINKS
- Ebola outbreak has experts rooting for answers
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- Researchers find mystery bat-killing ailment spreading to N.J.
- Avian flu outbreak to result in mass cull
- Study finds bird numbers falling
- Comeback contenders: The species being reintroduced to the British countryside
- PHOTOS: ''Bizarre'' Species Found--Predatory Squirt, More
- Hundreds of dead birds litter lawns in Franklin
- Whooping cranes arrive in Florida wildlife refuge
- Shedding Light On Emerging Seaborne Pathogens
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