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White Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Endless Caverns Bat
WHSV CH 3 ABC - www.whsv.com
09 Jul 2009
Location: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA - Map It

Wildlife experts say a mysterious fungus attacking America's bats is now in Rockingham County and could spread nationwide.

Three bats were taken from Endless Caverns in northeastern Rockingham County.

Two of the samples tested negative, but one came back positive for White Nose Syndrome.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries officials are still waiting to hear back on specimens taken from Smyth and Cumberland counties.

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More Bat News

Researcher: Bat colony wiped out by disease - Peterborough barn had been part of rare long-term study

The race to stop bats' mystery killer in its tracks

Senate holds hearings on bat-killing fungus

Bat cave party leads to arrests

Mystery Of Bat With Extraordinary Nose Solved [interesting tidbit]

West Nile-Infected Bird Found in North County
Santa Barbara Independent - www.independent.com
10 Jul 2009
D Mackie
Location: Santa Ynez, California, USA - Map It

For the first time this year, the county’s Public Health Department has found evidence of the West Nile Virus in Santa Barbara: a bird, found in the Santa Ynez area, that tested positive for the disease. In a press release, department spokesperson Dr. Elliot Schulman said this indicator should motivate precaution but not alarm. “Summer is the time when mosquito activity increases. It’s a good reminder for us all to take steps to avoid mosquito bites,” he said.

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More West Nile Virus News

>>> 5 new birds test positive for West Nile [California, USA; Yolo County- Map It

and Sacrament County - Map It

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>>>Bird in Simi Valley tests positive for West Nile virus [Simi Valley, California, USA - Map It

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More bovine TB discovered: Deer with disease bought in Franklin Co.
Pal-item.com - www.pal-item.com
09 Jul 2009
P Tharp
Location: Harrison County, Indiana, USA - Map It

More cases of bovine tuberculosis have been identified by the Indiana Board of Animal Health, a disease outbreak that will cost some counties money.

The Indiana Board of Animal Health announced this week that red deer on a Harrison County cervid farm tested positive for bovine TB. The deer were purchased from the northern Franklin County cervid farm where the disease was first found in cervids in May.

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More Tuberculosis News

>>> Bovine TB cow found in region officially free of the disease [New Zealand - Map It

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>>>Vets say badger culling is necessary to tackle TB

>>> Badger TB vaccine sites earmarked

Stranded sea lions showing up on Calif. beaches
News Watch CH 12 ABC - kdrv.com
09 Jul 2009
T Tupper
Location: Oregon, USA

Unhealthy sea lions are showing up on California's beaches. The Northwest Coast Marine Mammal Center in Crescent City says its resources are stretching thin.

The center currently rehabilitates around 30 sea lions a day. Experts say the mammals are having a difficult time finding food due to El Niño. Warmer water is pushing the animal's food farther out into the ocean where the sea lions don't travel.

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