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DFG Investigates First Cases of Canine Distemper in Wild Desert Kit Foxes
The kit foxes were found 20 miles outside of Blythe on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and leased to Genesis Solar LLC to construct a utility-scale solar project. The animals were turned over to DFG’s wildlife investigations lab for testing. The necropsies determined that distemper was the cause of death, but it is not known how the foxes contracted the disease. Canine distemper can cycle naturally in wild carnivore populations, but can also be transmitted to and from domestic animals that come in contact with wildlife.
California Department of Fish and Game News - cdfgnews.wordpress.com
24 Jan 2012
Photo courtesy of DFG
Location: Blythe, California, USA - Map It
24 Jan 2012
Photo courtesy of DFG
Location: Blythe, California, USA - Map It
Humpback Whale Dies After Stranding Itself In Fort Pierce Inlet
Florida marine scientists say it was too late to save a juvenile humpback whale that died after beaching itself in the Fort Pierce inlet.
..."Something must have been wrong for it to come to shore," Blair Mase, a federal marine mammal stranding coordinator, told TC Palm. "It was thin and in poor body condition."
... researchers from the Fish and Wildlife Commission and FAU marine programs suspect the whale had an infection, citing very little food in its stomach and a severely underweight showing at 5,000 pounds.
...The whale, one of five to beach itself in Florida in the last five years, underwent a necropsy and before the carcass will be towed out to sea. Officials said the results should be known in a few weeks.
More Marine Mammal News
>>> Finback whale carcass in Ocean City cut up to determine how it died; then buried in north end beach [New Jersey, USA - Map It ]
]>>> Dozens of Stranded Dolphins on Cape Cod Shores Perplex Rescuers [Update] [Cape Code, Massachusetts, USA - Map It ]
]>>> Stranded whales finally heading for deeper water [Update: View on the Digest's News Map here ] [New Zealand]
] [New Zealand]Devil's Den caves stay closed to protect bats from fungus
... Rangers say Devil's Den State Park has more than 1,000 bats in its caves including five different species, two of which are endangered.
So far, she says Devil's Den bats appear to be unaffected. But as a precaution, the caves will remain closed. Penny says, "To lose our bats, no matter what your feeling on these little flying mammals, is going to be a huge ripple down effect on our ecosystem."
CBS: Today's THV - www.todaysthv.com
23 Jan 2012
Location: Arkansas, USA
23 Jan 2012
Location: Arkansas, USA
More White-nose Syndrome News
>>> N.B. studies deadly bat fungus: White-nose syndrome spreading across North America [New Brunswick, Canada]
>>>Exploradio - The march of the bat killer [Audio interview with Ann Froschauer from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.][Ohio, USA]
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
- UPDATE: Infected wild Missouri deer prompt protocol to contain chronic wasting disease [Ethel, Missouri, USA - Map It ]
- Mercury’s Harmful Reach Has Grown, Study Suggests [Study finds mercury in more northeastern birds]
- Elk-brucellosis group set to meet [Montana, USA]
Schmallenberg Disease News
- Animal disease detected in Norfolk, Suffolk and Sussex [Schmallenberg virus found in livestock] [United Kingdom]
- ProMED Archive #20120124.1020710: Schmallenberg virus - Europe: Germany, update[Livestock]
