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Human virus linked to deaths of endangered mountain gorillas
For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in the United States and Africa.
The finding confirms that serious diseases can pass from people to these endangered animals.
The researchers are from the nonprofit Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project; the Wildlife Health Center at the University of California, Davis; the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University; and the Rwanda Development Board.
UC Davis - http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/
28 Mar 2011
28 Mar 2011
PRO/AH/EDR> Epizootic ulcerative synd., fish - Canada
This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead, _Ameiurus nebulosus_). On 25 Sep 2010, sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour. The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius. 7 adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up. Another sample, 16 morbid adult brown bullheads, was submitted to DFO from the same location on 2 Nov 2010. On both submissions fish had deep ulcers on the head, base of fins and belly.
Sei whale found stranded in Virginia Beach
A nearly 40-foot-long sei whale was found stranded on the beach in Sandbridge on Sunday morning.
The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Team was anchoring the whale to the beach and planned to return this morning, said Joan M. Barns, an aquarium spokeswoman. A necropsy will be performed on site.
Barns said sei whales do not usually frequent the area. They prefer subtropical to subpolar waters on the continental shelf edge and slope worldwide, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website. They are usually seen in deeper waters far from the coastline.
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