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Bat disease hits two more national parks
White-nose syndrome has been found in Acadia and Great Smoky Mountains national parks, just days after it was first confirmed in Alabama.Less than a week after announcing that white-nose syndrome has infiltrated Alabama, U.S. wildlife officials revealed more bad news.... The mysterious fungal disease has begun to attack bats in two more national parks.
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that WNS-infected bats have been found at both Acadia National Park in Maine and at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. The disease had already been documented in all three states — unlike Alabama, where the invasion is apparently new — but this is the first evidence that it's infecting bat colonies in these high-profile national parks.
Mother Nature Network - www.mnn.com
30 Mar 2011
R McLendon
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina - Map It 
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, USA Press Releases Cited in News Article
>>> Acadia National Park News Release [National Park Service][pdf]
>>> Great Smokey Mountains National Park News Release [National Park Service][pdf]
Other White-Nose Syndrome News
>>> Concern rises over deadly fungus in bats: Gray bats make early arrival at Sequiota Cave [Missouri, USA]
>>> Bat monitoring project aims to track impact of deadly disease: White-nose syndrome confirmed in Haywood County [North Carolina, USA - Map It ]
>>> White-nose syndrome found in bats in Delaware forts [Delaware, USA - Map It]
Researchers study spread of parrot diseaseOther White-Nose Syndrome News
>>> Concern rises over deadly fungus in bats: Gray bats make early arrival at Sequiota Cave [Missouri, USA]
>>> Bat monitoring project aims to track impact of deadly disease: White-nose syndrome confirmed in Haywood County [North Carolina, USA - Map It
]>>> White-nose syndrome found in bats in Delaware forts [Delaware, USA - Map It
] Researchers at Auckland Zoo are trying to understand a virus that is affecting native parrots and spreading through the country. Beak and feather disease was found in kakariki parrots in 2008 and this year has turned up in the South Island for the first time.
The virus seemed to be confined to introduced parrots until it appeared four years ago in the Hauraki Gulf. In January, it appeared in Fiordland in a second species of kakariki, which is also known as the New Zealand parakeet.
...Researchers say there is a risk it could spread to other native parrots, such as kea, kaka and the critically endangered kakapo.
Radio New Zealand News - www.radionz.co.nz
30 Mar 2012
Location: Fiordland, New Zealand - Map It
Avian Cholera Kills Thousands of Birds in Northern California
Millions of birds migrate through the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex every spring.
The newest volunteer opportunity in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex is picking up bird carcasses stricken by a deadly avian cholera outbreak killing birds as they migrate north. The refuge, which spans the California/Oregon border, has already logged more than 10,000 deaths this spring.
... What's causing this fatal illness? Lack of water in the Klamath basin wetlands and the concentration of birds in a smaller space.
KQED Public Radio - www.npr.org
29 Mar 2012
More News On Avian Cholera Outbreak
Is herpes killing the ocean's coral?
“We’ve identified 22 kinds of emerging disease that affect corals, but still don’t know the pathogens that cause most of them,” Vega-Thurber said. “Most researchers have looked only at bacteria. But we suspect viruses may play a role in this as well, and it’s important to learn more about what is causing this problem. Corals are the building blocks of the tropical seas.”
KPIC.com - www.kpic.com
27 Mar 2012
D Smith
Using An App to Report Injured Wildlife
"The app asks a series of simple questions, like whether it's a wild or domestic animal, whether you can transport the animal," Vernon says. "Based on the user's answers, the user's location and the time of day, we filter the possibilities to display the best choices high on the list."
Natonal Public Radio - www.npr.org
29 Mar 2012
J Brady
Location: Colorado, USA
More News on Wildlife Related Phone Applications
>>> Spot a longhorned beetle? There's an app for that [Using mobile phone application to build a citizen militia to report invasive species sightings]
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
- Fish die-off reported along shorelines [Natural Causes] [Oshkosh, Wisconsin]
- Survey shows big drop in deer numbers in bovine TB core area [Bovine tuberculosis] [Minnesota, USA]
- Deadly Virus Increases Mosquito Blood Lust [Dengue virus]
- Garden starlings in 79% UK decline: Numbers of starlings spotted in public's gardens has fallen by almost four-fifths since 1979, the RSPB reveals [United Kingdom]
- Fairfax County Deer Dyed Pink for Tick Study [Virginia, USA]
- CWD found in NM deer — Texas taking note [Hueco Mountains, New Mexico, USA - Map It]
- Three More Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Free-ranging Deer in Macon County, Missouri [Update: View past story on the Digest's Disease News Map HERE]
- Missouri officials seek states' advice on chronic wasting disease in deer
- Lead-free ammo giveaway aims to protect condors
- Environmentalists take aim at toxic lead in ammunition
- Health officials warn of increase in rabies [Kansas, USA]
- State sees rise in rabies cases: Health officials urge precautions to avoid rabies exposure [Texas, USA]
- BP oil spill seriously harmed deep-sea corals, scientists warn [Gulf of Mexico, USA]
- Scientists Find Sick Dolphins and Deep-Water Corals in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Zone [USA]
- 5 dolphins rescued, released in Dennis [Cape Code, Massachusetts, USA]
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