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In Redondo Beach, dead fish, perhaps millions of them, collect in King Harbor
Redondo Beach awoke Tuesday to find a carpet of death laid atop the water, as if Davy Jones himself had burped up a couple hundred years worth of lunches.
Thousands of silvery sardines floated atop the King Harbor marina fin-to-fin, with hundreds of thousands more, perhaps millions, piled on the coppery bottom, 18 inches deep in some spots.
If this was a natural event, as officials say it was, Mother Nature did not show her best face.
Los Angeles Times - www.latimes.com
09 Mar 2011
S Gold, N Jackson and KR Weiss
Location: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA - Map It
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09 Mar 2011
S Gold, N Jackson and KR Weiss
Location: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA - Map It
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CDC Investigation Pinpoints Elephant-to-Human TB Outbreak
A newly published CDC study points out the need for strong infection control practices for workers who have close contact with elephants living in captivity.
The authors explain what they found when the Tennessee Department of Health reported in 2009 that several employees of an elephant refuge not open to the general public had latent M. tuberculosis tests.
The lead researcher was Dr. Rendi Murphree, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at CDC and a Vanderbilt University Visiting Scholar, and the study has been published in the March 2011 issue of CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 17, No. 3).
Occupational Health and Safety - ohsonline.com
07 Mar 2011
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Cited Journal Article
>>>Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Tuberculosis, 2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011 Mar;[Epub ahead of print].
07 Mar 2011
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Cited Journal Article
>>>Elephant-to-Human Transmission of Tuberculosis, 2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011 Mar;[Epub ahead of print].
Birds do it, fleas do it but when bees do it, the value is $212 billion to the world economy.
That's why scientists are seeking a way to stem mass deaths of the world's primary pollinator -- the honeybee -- which affect more than 30 percent of bee colonies in the United States and more than 20 percent in some European countries.
Researchers have identified some probable causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD), including blood-feeding parasites, bee viruses, fungi, pesticide exposure and decreased plant diversity causing poor nutrition for honeybees, experts say.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Photo credit: USGS
'Oldest bird in US' raises chick - Wales to press ahead with badger cull
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- DOC confirms Ulva poison drop plan [New Zealand]
- Worries over feral animal release [New Zealand]
- European mad cow outbreak fuelled surge in Canadian birds through 'butterfly effect'
- Vietnam fears for life of 'sacred' national turtle
- Stranded Dolphin Dies After Rescue - Rodriguez Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA - Map It
