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Virus new to Michigan wild was factor in fish kill The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that samples taken from a June fish kill at Kent Lake at Kensington Metropark indicate the presence of koi herpesvirus.
An estimated 300 to 500 common carp died at the lake within a span of a few days in late June.
... Initially, DNR officials investigated the die-off as possibly related to a virus called spring viremia of carp, but laboratory analysis confirmed that disease was not involved in the kill.
Huron-Clinton Metroparks Chief of Communications Denise Semion said the die-off continued for only a few days after dead carp were first reported by boaters at Kent Lake and a segment of the Huron River just east of the Brighton Township lake.
04 Aug 2011
Photo courtesy of Livingston Daily
Location: Kent Lake, Michigan, USA - Map It
Greenfinches killed by contaminated food
THIRTY-SIX greenfinches have been found dead around the Island after catching an avian disease from eating rotten food left in garden bird feeders.
... The greenfinches had been victims of trichomonosis, which can be caused by having eaten contaminated food.
Was pollution responsible for mass stranding of pilot whales?
Scientists are probing whether pollution may have caused 70 pilot whales to strand in north west Scotland last month. The whales may have been poisoned by years of toxic waste.Experts have now asked the UK government for £20,000 to carry out the first such major diagnostic tests on a super pod in Scotland - which could show the legacy of decades of pouring toxic chemicals into the sea.
No such link between strandings and pollution has ever been proved before - but scientists say they are now finding killer whales with toxic readings "hundreds" of times over the limit.
There are growing fears that Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's) - which are now banned - are so prevalent in the marine environment that over a period of time they have entered the food chain widely.
04 Aug 2011
Location: Kyle of Durness, Scotland - Map It
Photo courtesy of The Telegraph
Public asked to report sightings [avian pox]
HELP is being sought from members of the public after diseased birds were spotted near Oxford.
Great tits have been monitored by Oxford University scientists at Wytham Woods since 1947, but signs of avian pox were recorded among its inhabitants last year.
Now the university and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has teamed up to investigate, and they want the public to report sightings of sick garden birds.
05 Aug 2011
T Airs
Location: Oxford, England
[Ichu: mysterious death of animals frightens the population]
[Translation disclaimer]
The Municipal Department of Health says the Ministry of Health has been advised of the case.
The mysterious death of several animals in Ichu, to 188 km, is being investigated by the city hall. For more than a week, animals started dying for no apparent reason, according to TV Bahia.
Among the dead animals are carrion birds, cats and cahorros. In one farm, more than 20 dead birds were found this week.
03 Aug 2011
Location: Ichu, Brazil - Map It
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Photo courtesy of The Guardian's Week in the Wildlife
British lakes and canals hit by toxic algae scum [Location: England]
- Dead whale washes up on beach in Belford [New Jersey, Belford, USA - Map It ]
- West Nile Dead Bird cases jump to 18 in Cerritos [Location: California, USA]
