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Dead fish in Pompton Lake not tied to Dupont work, DEP says
A fish kill involving several hundred carp and some sunfish in Pompton Lake appears to be natural in origin and not the result of sediment borings that DuPont had been conducting in the lake, state environmental officials said.
...The Pompton Lake kill "was not a blanket kill where all you see is a mat of dead fish," Merrill said. "The unusual thing was they were carp of a particular size — there were no juvenile fish. Whatever is affecting them, it's hitting carp that are of spawning age, which may be more stressed because of spawning and therefore more vulnerable to the bacteria."
North Jersey.com - www.northjersey.com
26 May 2010
JM O'Neill
Location: New Jersey, USA - Map It
Photo courtesy of Joe Sarno/North Jersey.com
26 May 2010
JM O'Neill
Location: New Jersey, USA - Map It
Photo courtesy of Joe Sarno/North Jersey.com
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The Stephenson County Health Department says a dead bird has tested positive for the West Nile virus. The house sparrow was found in central Freeport on May 20.
WREX Channel 13 - www.wrex.com
25 May 2010
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For marine iguanas living in the Galapagos Islands, an El Niño can be deadly. Some die from starvation while others survive. Scientists have long believed that the difference between life and death for the iguana depended on the animals' ability to secrete the stress hormone corticosterone.
... The findings could provide insight into how wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico will respond to the current oil spill. Animals will secrete corticosterone to help them cope with the disaster. However, prolonged hormone production could factor into how well animals are able to survive the crisis.
Science Daily - www.sciencedaily.com
25 May 2010
25 May 2010
Cited Journal Article
Stress physiology as a predictor of survival in Galapagos marine iguanas. Proc Biol Sci. 2010; [Epub ahead of print]
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- Toxic New Algae Species Discovered
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- New Model for Chronic Wasting Disease [scroll down to story][cited journal article here]
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WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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One Health Newsletter - Spring 2010Volume 3, Issue 2 [pdf]
Tuberculosis in Kafue lechwe antelopes (Kobus leche Kafuensis) of the Kafue Basin in Zambia
Prev Vet Med. 2010 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print]
M Munyeme et al.
Coinfecting prion strains compete for a limiting cellular resource.
J Virol. 2010 Jun;84(11):5706-14. Epub 2010 Mar 17.
RA Shikiya et al.
Prion shedding from olfactory neurons into nasal secretions
PLoS Pathog. 2010 Apr 15;6(4):e1000837.
RA Bessen et al.
Spatial and temporal association of outbreaks of H5N1 influenza virus infection in wild birds with the 0 degrees C isotherm
PLoS Pathog. 2010 Apr 8;6(4):e1000854.
LA Reperant et al.
