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Rare disease found in bighorn sheep in the SimilkameenA rare disease that has not been seen in Canada for nearly a century has been found in the Similkameen.
Psoroptes, a skin-boring mite, has been discovered in a bighorn sheep found near Keremeos. The sheep was very thin and weak and covered with scabs.
Wildlife biologists are worried the highly contagious disease may spread and are now keeping a close eye on the bighorn population. Brian Harris, a wildlife biologist with the Ministry of Environment, says it is important to find out how widespread the disease is, where it originated from and where it is expanding to.
Vancouver Sun - www.vancouversun.com
17 Mar 2011
A Lawrence
Location: Similkameen, Canada - Map It
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17 Mar 2011
A Lawrence
Location: Similkameen, Canada - Map It
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Chronic wasting disease found for 1st time in Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County has its first documented case of chronic wasting disease.
A white-tailed deer harvested in the eastern part of the county by a hunter during last fall's season tested positive.
The disease was first detected in Illinois north of Rockford near Roscoe in November 2002. Since then, state Department of Natural Resources biologists identified an outbreak in portions of Boone, DeKalb, Kane, LaSalle, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago and now Jo Daviess counties.
Telegrapher Herald Online - www.thonline.com
18 Mar 2011
CD Reber
Location: Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA - Map It
18 Mar 2011
CD Reber
Location: Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA - Map It
Mild signs of bird flu found in wild ducks
Low pathogenic avian influenza virus has been found in Tasmanian wild ducks tested as part of a national surveillance program.
However, Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment senior vet, Dr Bruce Jackson, says no tests have found highly virulent disease-causing avian influence strains.
ABC News Australia, Rural - www.abc.net
18 Mar 2011
Location: Tasmanian, Australia - Map It
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18 Mar 2011
Location: Tasmanian, Australia - Map It
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Rise in rabid raccoons catches eye of health officials
State and federal health officials are concerned about the spread of confirmed rabies cases in raccoons occurring in eastern Autauga County.
There have been seven raccoons with rabies found in the Deatsville, Marbury and Pine Level areas since January 2010, with four of those cases confirmed since November 2010, said Dana Johnson, supervisory wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's animal and plant health inspection service.
What concerns state officials is that the disease is showing up west of the Coosa/Alabama river system. The rivers have acted as a natural western barrier to the spread of rabies in the past, Johnson said.
Montgomery Advertiser - montgomeryadvertiser.com
17 Mar 2011
M Roney
Location: Autauga Co., Alabama, USA - Map It
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17 Mar 2011
M Roney
Location: Autauga Co., Alabama, USA - Map It
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OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
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Dolphins
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