Avian Cholera Hits Upper Klamath Lake Duck Population
Katu News and The Associated Press
30 April 2006

MEDFORD, Ore. - Dozens of ducks were found dead this past week in Upper Klamath Lake, after an outbreak of avian cholera, and more dead birds are expected over the next few weeks, as spring migration season tapers off, authorities said.

Technicians at the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc., confirmed the dead ducks contained the cholera bacteria that is highly contagious among waterfowl but not dangerous to people or pets, according to state and federal biologists.

The results match similar findings for an outbreak in lower Klamath Basin marshes, where an estimated 500 birds died from cholera in February and March, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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More CWD Found in Eastern Panhandle Deer
The Charleston Gazette
29 April 2006
John McCoy

Early antlerless hunt, other methods planned to control Hampshire herd

Last year’s discovery of chronic wasting disease in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle apparently wasn’t a fluke.

Four more deer, shot recently by Division of Natural Resources sampling crews, have tested positive for the disease, agency officials said Friday.

“We just got the preliminary results back,” said Paul Johansen, the DNR’s assistant wildlife chief. “They still have to be confirmed, but it appears that the disease was present in four of the 85 animals we had tested.”

The recent test results raised to nine the number of CWD-infected deer found in West Virginia so far. All of the animals were found or killed within five miles of Slanesville, in northeastern Hampshire County.

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