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Diverse fish reduce coral disease
BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk
29 Sep 2009
R Black
Photo credit: LJ Raymundo
Coral reefs where lots of different kinds of fish swim are healthier than overfished ones, scientists have shown.
Researchers showed a reduced incidence of coral disease in areas of the Philippines where fishing is banned, compared with neighbouring areas.
They conclude that some types of fish probably carry coral diseases.
Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) they suggest that when predatory fish are absent, disease-carrying species thrive.
EEE hits more local pheasants
Seacoast Media Group - www.seacoastonline.com
29 Sep 2009
D Choate
Location: York County, Maine, USA - Map It
A second incidence of Eastern equine encephalitis in birds has been found in York County, and public health officials are recommending the public take steps to protect against mosquito bites.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Maine Department of Agriculture and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced Monday that a pheasant flock in York County has been confirmed to have been found with the disease, which is can cause severe symptoms and sometimes death in humans and kills most of the horses it afflicts.
Evolutionary Origins Of Prion Disease Gene Uncovered
Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com
29 Sep 2009
A University of Toronto-led team has uncovered the evolutionary ancestry of the prion gene, which may reveal new understandings of how the prion protein causes diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow disease."
Diseased prion proteins are responsible for the fatal neurodegenerative Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and BSE, scrapie and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in livestock. Overall, this work holds promise for efforts to reveal the physiological function of members of the prion protein family and may provide insights into the origins and underlying constraints of the conformational changes associated with prion diseases.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
- Is Ocean Seismic Testing Endangering the Dolphins?
- Detection of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSV) from the leech Myzobdella lugubris Leidy, 1851
- Over 16,000 Eastern Idaho Birds Dead After Botulism Outbreak
- Sea turtle count way down on Boca Raton beaches
- Focus On The Wild Could Avert Plant Pollination Threat
- Ten percent of world's major species 'at threat' [includes image gallery]
Huh, That's InterestingPhoto credit: Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley
- Hyenas Cooperate, Problem-solve Better Than Primates [Journal Article Cited]
- Electric Fish Equipped With 'Dimmer' Switch [includes image gallery]
- Spider Wranglers Weave One-Of-A-Kind Tapestry [includes audio]
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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European Journal of Wildlife Research - Oct 2009
Volume 55, Number 5
Emerging Infectious Diseases - October 2009
Volume 15, Number 10
Natural Infection with Canine Distemper Virus in Hand-feeding Rhesus Monkeys in China
Veterinary Microbiology. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]
Z Sun et al.
Threat of an influenza panzooty: a review based on conservation medicine
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology., 2009; 52(4): pp. 863-873
LF Caron and VT Soccol
