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Brucellosis plan gets mixed reviews
Deseret News - deseretnews.com
19 Apr 2009

A Wyoming group that works to control the animal disease brucellosis has mixed opinions about a federal plan to declare the nation brucellosis free except for the greater Yellowstone area.

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Crane deaths raise alarm about water rights
Houston Chronicle - chron.com
19 Apr 2009

A record number of whooping cranes have died while wintering along the Texas coast this year, leaving biologists stunned and once again placing the Guadalupe River at the center of the state’s ongoing battle over water rights.

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Doubts raised over safety of two widely used plastics chemicals
EngineerLive - engineerlive.com
20 Apr 2009
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...Two articles report very similar changes in male reproductive organs in rats and humans related to foetal exposure to phthalates. Two articles show that foetal exposure to BPA or PBDEs disrupts normal development of the brain and behaviour in rats and mice. Two other articles provide data that these chemicals are massively contaminating the oceans and causing harm to aquatic wildlife.

The articles show amongst others the massive contamination of the Pacific Ocean with plastic, and the amount of contamination has increased dramatically in recent years; animal brain structure, brain chemistry and behavioural effects from exposure to BPA and 'phthalate syndrome' in rats' male offspring.

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Minimizing The Spread Of Deadly Hendra Virus
Science Daily - sciencedaily.com
20 Apr 2009


First identified in Brisbane in 1994, Hendra virus, which spreads from flying foxes, has regularly infected horses in Australia. Of the 11 equine outbreaks, four have led to human infection, with three of the six known human cases being fatal, the most recent of these in August 2008.

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WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Wildlife Disease Association Newsletter - April 2009 [free full-text available][pdf]

Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl in feathers of resident and migratory birds of South-west Iran
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 May;56(4):803-10. Epub 2008 Aug 29
RD Behrooz et al.

Preliminary observations on the experimental transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from elk and white-tailed deer to fallow deer
J Comp Pathol. 2008 Feb-Apr;138(2-3):121-30. Epub 2008 Mar 11
AN Hamir et al.