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The Fit Between Wildlife Health and Human Health
Gov Monitor - thegovmonitor.com (Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
07 Sep 2009
“Wildlife Health from Land to Sea: Impacts of a Changing World.” That was the theme of the 58th annual meeting of the Wildlife Disease Association, held earlier this month.
I had the pleasure of attending this conference along with several colleagues from the National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED).
Our work in NCZVED focuses on understanding infectious diseases in an interconnected world of people, animals and environment.
Fatal Fungus Killing Bats at Alarming RateCBS Evening News - www.cbsnews.com
07 Sep 2009
D Sieberg
The race is on throughout the northeast. From tagging bats with tiny transmitters to infrared flight analysis and blood testing of their immune systems, researchers are trying to solve one of the most devastating mysteries in the natural world: The huge and rapid die off of the species named little brown bats.
"It's unprecedented in North American wildlife, at least in recorded history," Tom Kunz, a bat biologist at Boston University, told CBS News Science and Technology Correspondent Daniel Sieberg.
Biologists are struggling to understand a fungus called white nose syndrome that has killed more than a million bats over just three winters.
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>>>Researchers work to protect Wisconsin bats against deadly disease
Tetrodotoxin, sea slug, canine - NZ (02): dolphin susp
ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org
01 Sep 2009
Area: Auckland, New Zealand - Map It
A spike in the number of dead dolphins in the Hauraki Gulf could point to a problem other than poisonous sea slugs -- if only authorities would do the necessary tests, says a researcher.
Marine biologist Dr. Karen Stockin, who is responsible for autopsies on common dolphins that wash up around Auckland, wants authorities to investigate the deaths of 8 otherwise seemingly healthy dolphins in the space of 3 weeks.
She said the deaths were probably not linked to dog deaths that occurred at about the same time, "but that does not mean we should not be concerned.
Anthrax, elephant - India: (KL)
ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org
05 Sep 2009
Area: Perumbavoor, Kerala, India - Map It
The burial of an elephant, which reportedly died of anthrax in Perumbavoor on Thursday [3 Sep 2009], has kicked up a controversy.
There are allegations that the pachyderm was buried, near the Muvattupuzha river, unscientifically and could pose a threat of polluting the river, a source of potable water in the district.
The Elephant Lovers Association has demanded an inquiry into the death of the elephant. Unnikrishnan, an elephant owned by a saw mill owner in Perumbavoor, died on Thu 3 Sep 2009]. The Forest Department doctors confirmed that the elephant died of anthrax.
Circling turbines spell doom for vultures
New Scientist - www.newscientist.com
06 Sep 2009
COULD wind farms hasten the local extinction of an endangered vulture in southern Spain?
Studies have so far focused on the short-term effects of wind turbines, looking at the number of bird collisions per turbine per year.
Martina Carrete of the Doñana Biological Station in Seville and colleagues took a new approach.
OTHER WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED NEWS
Photo courtesy of The New York Times
Study Finds Risk to Some Birds Nesting Near Oil Fields in Alaska
- Alarming Invasion Of Round Goby Into Great Lakes Tributaries: Impact On Endangered Fishes 'Serious'
- Documentary soars with condors
- West Nile Virus Confirmed In Mobile County Sentinel Chicken [Map It]
- Climate Change Influences The Size Of Marine Organisms: Big Advantage For The Small
- Wildlife crime 'needs tackling'
- Water plans ignore fish decline
- Drowning in sound: Large ships' propellers creating underwater din for whales, other marine animals
- Large-scale Study Probes How Cells Fight Pathogens
WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Prion infectivity in fat of deer with chronic wasting disease
J Virol. 2009 Sep;83(18):9608-10. Epub 2009 Jul 1
B Race et al.
Veterinary Parasitology - Special August 2009 Issue: Veterinary parasitology and climate change
Volume 163, Issue 4
The Wildlifer: The Wildlife Society Newsletter - Aug 2009
Issue 353
Genetic susceptibility to chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer: Complement component C1q and Prnp polymorphisms
Infect Genet Evol. 2009 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]
JA Blanchong et al.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation - Sep 2009
Vol. 21, No. 5
- Pathology of natural highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 infection in wild tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula)
- West Nile virus detection in nonvascular feathers from avian carcasses
