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Salmonella May Be to Blame for Bird Deaths
USAgNet.com - www.usagnet.com (source: Minnesota Ag Connection)
17 Apr 2009
Location: Minnesota, USA - Map It

Minnesota residents have found an increasing number of dead birds at feeders over the last couple of weeks. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), a strain of salmonella may be to blame.

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Disruption Of Copper Regulation As Key To Prion Diseases
Science Daily - sciencedaily.com
20 Apr 2009
Image Credit: PLoS Pathogens


Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, discovered a striking relationship between changes in the copper-binding properties of abnormal prion proteins and the clinical features of prion disease in patients with certain rare, genetic mutations.

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Cited Article
>>>Stevens DJ et al. (2009) Early Onset Prion Disease from Octarepeat Expansion
Correlates with Copper Binding Properties. PLoS Pathog 5(4): e1000390

China confirms bird flu outbreak in Lhasa
Promed Mail - promedmail.org
19 Apr 2009
Area: Lhasa, Tibet - Map It

China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) confirmed Sunday [19 Apr 2009] a new outbreak of bird flu in Lhasa, southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region. The national bird flu laboratory confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in poultry sold at a poultry wholesale market in Chengguan District of Lhasa on 12 Apr 2009.

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WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Veterinary Parasitology - May 2009
Vol 161, Issues 3-4

Early Onset Prion Disease from Octarepeat Expansion Correlates with Copper Binding Properties
PLoS Pathog. 2009; 5(4): e1000390 [free full-text available]
DJ Stevens et al.

Liver Parasites and Body Condition in Relation to Environmental Contaminants in Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) from Labrador, Canada
Arctic. 2009 Mar;62(1): 1-12 [scroll to locate abstract]
B Pollock et al.

Climate change and wildlife diseases: When does the host matter the most?
Ecology. 2009 Apr; 90(4): 912-920 [NO online abstract available]
D Harvell et al.