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BBC News - news.bbc.co.uk
06 Jul 2009
Area: United Kingdom
Two areas near Tiverton in Devon have been earmarked for a pilot scheme to see if vaccinating badgers can reduce the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).
Badgers are blamed by many farmers for spreading the disease, which affects cattle. The South West, west of England and Wales have been worst affected.
The pilot will run in six areas and involve contractors working with vets and farmers to trap and inject badgers.
Research network wins approximately £5.7 million to target human and animal diseases in Africa
EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org (Source: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
01 Jul 2009
Deadly diseases including plague, Ebola and Rift Valley Fever are being targeted as part of a new multi-million pound international partnership involving African researchers and the London International Development Centre (LIDC).
The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) links medical and veterinary institutions from five African countries and the UK to improve the capacity of African institutions to detect, identify and monitor infectious diseases affecting humans and animals, including new infectious human diseases of animal origin.
. . . SACIDS' work tackles a woefully under-resourced and important sector. Most major infectious human diseases have animal origins and up to 80 per cent of emerging infectious human diseases come from livestock or wild animals, yet Africa currently has the least capacity to survey major livestock or wildlife diseases.
West Nile Virus Infected Bird Found in County (Update)Rimoftheworld.net - www.rimoftheworld.net
05 July 2009
MP Nefeld
Area: Chino, San Bernadino County, California, USA - Map It
A dead crow that tested positive for West Nile Virus has been found in San Bernardino County. Mountain residents are urged to report dead birds promptly.
The crow, collected June 25 in Chino, is the first case of the virus confirmed by officials in the county this year.
Because the threat of West Nile Virus is highest during the summer months, officials are urging mountain residents to report dead birds and squirrels either online or to a designated, statewide toll-free number.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Photo credit: Reuters
The wombat: back from the brink [Australia]
- ACES may be too late for many wildlife species—but killer insects thrive
- Perennial problems loom large for threatened species
- Mangrove-dependent animals globally threatened
- Another endangered elephant dies in Indonesia: WWF - Lazuardi Forest, Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia - Map It
- Rare Albino Whale Spotted
- Feds Charge Companies In Deaths Of Migratory Birds [Wyoming]
- Wolf pups rescued; some found dead - Socorro County, New Mexico, USA - Map It
- Texas study examining lead issue in dove hunting
- APHIS backs off on brucellosis [Idaho]
- Comment sought on bison quarantine plan [Montana]
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Transgenic mice expressing porcine prion protein resistant to classical scrapie but susceptible to sheep bovine spongiform encephalopathy and atypical scrapie
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug; [Epub ahead of print][free full-text available-pdf]
JC Espinosa et al.
Genetically diverse coronaviruses in wild bird populations of northern England
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jul; [Epub ahead of print][free full-text available-pdf]
LA Hughes et al.
Serological Examination of Songbirds (Passeriformes) for Mosquito-Borne Viruses Sindbis, Ťahyňa, and Batai in a South Moravian Wetland (Czech Republic)
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. June 2009, 9(3): 295-299
Z Juřicová et at.
Veterinary Parasitology - 07 Aug 2009 [TOC]
Special Issue: One World, One Health: Parasites in a changing landscape - Plenary Lectures presented at the 22nd International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
Volume 163, Issues 3
Evolutionary dynamics of Newcastle disease virus
Virology. 2009; [Epub ahead of print]
PJ Miller et al.
