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Harnessing the Web and supercomputers to track pathogens as they evolve
Pathogens can now be easily tracked in time and space as they evolve, an advance that could revolutionize both public health and inform national security in the fight against infectious diseases.
Developed by researchers that include scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Supramap (supramap.osu.edu) is a new, powerful, web-based application that maps genetic mutations like those among the different strains of avian influenza onto the globe.
The new application is published in the early online edition of Cladistics.
Cited Journal Article
Invasive Fish and Mussels Team Up to Transfer Toxic Substances Into Great Lakes WalleyesTwo notorious Great Lakes invaders -- the zebra mussel and the round goby -- now play a central role in transferring toxic chemicals called PCBs up the food chain and into Saginaw Bay walleyes, one of that region's most popular sport fish.
The links between zebra mussels, round gobies and contaminated Saginaw Bay walleyes is a disturbing example of unanticipated problems that can occur when non-native species get loose in the Great Lakes, said University of Michigan fishery biologist David Jude, lead author of a paper on the topic published online April 9 in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
ScienceDaily - www.sciencedaily.com
09 Apr 2010
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Cited Journal Article
PCB concentrations in walleyes and their prey from the Saginaw River, Lake Huron: A comparison between 1990 and 2007. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 2010 Apr 09. Epub ahead of print.
09 Apr 2010
photo credit: David Jude
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PCB concentrations in walleyes and their prey from the Saginaw River, Lake Huron: A comparison between 1990 and 2007. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 2010 Apr 09. Epub ahead of print.
Moving frogspawn can spread diseases
Frog and tadpole populations are being put under threat by the spread of a deadly fungal disease caused by residents dumping frogspawn into Black Country nature reserves.
People are being asked not to take frogspawn from their own garden ponds and dump it into streams and ponds to prevent the spread of a fungal disease called chytrid fungus in frogs.
Park wardens at The Leasowes park in Halesowen have spotted several cases of people throwing frogspawn into pools at the beauty spot.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
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Warning over unclean bird feeders- Rabies confirmed in New York and Vermont - New York City, New York County, New York, USA - Map It
and Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, USA - Map It
- Beached whale removed, buried on Beecher Bay First Nation land - East Sooke, British Columbia, Canada [Update]
- Was the stranded Humpback whale that died off East Hampton, NY a victim of plastic pollution? - East Hampton Beach, Suffolk County, New York , USA - Map It
- Species of Invasive Fish Walk on Land, Climb Trees
- Aquatic Ecosystems Threatened by the Size of Non-Native Fish
- Biologists fear goat presence in Grand Teton park
- Penguin personalizer: Software that allows recognition of individual birds could aid in conservation
- Octopus vs. Sea Lion—First Ever Video
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Multiple Introduction of Asian H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in Croatia by Wild Birds During 2005–2006 and Isolation of the Virus from Apparently Healthy Black-Headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus)Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2010; Epub ahead of print
V Savić et al.
Field-Based Estimates of Avian Mortality from West Nile Virus Infection
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2010; Epub ahead of print.
MP Ward et al.
Transient virulence of emerging pathogens
J R Soc Interface. 2010 May 6;7(46):811-22. Epub 2009 Oct 28.
BM Bolker et al.
Ecology and Society - Special Issue in Progress
Risk mapping for avian influenza: a social-ecological problem
Detection and quantification of infectious avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in environmental water by using real-time reverse transcription-PCR
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Apr;76(7):2165-74. Epub 2010 Jan 29.
CI Dovas et al.
