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EurekAlert - www.eurekalert.org (Source: University of Hawaii at Manoa)
31 Aug 2009
Photo credit: Lisa De Forest, Department of Oceanography/SOEST
In the open ocean, species of large predatory fish will swim and hunt for food at various depths, which leads to unique diets in these fish.
Oceanographers and geologists in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) and colleagues have found that those fish that hunt deeper in the open ocean have higher mercury concentrations than those that feed near the surface of the ocean because their deep water food has higher mercury.
This research was detailed in the August 18th early edition of the prestigous journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cited Journal Article
>>>The influence of depth on mercury levels in pelagic fishes and their prey. PNAS. 2009 Aug 18; 106(33): 13865-13869.
Cetacean morbillivirus, dolphins - Black Sea: susp, RFI - Archive Number 20090831.3066
ProMED-mail - www.promedmail.org
31 Aug 2009
Area: Black Seas, Ukraine - Map It
Scientists are sounding the alarm: in the Black Sea, mortalities of dolphins have been reported; 23 cases have already been recorded, including 13 in July [2009].
Dolphins lose their orientation and coordination, some of them ending up on dry land. Similar cases have been recorded on Turkey's coast of the Black Sea.
Alex Birkun, chairman of the Black Sea Marine Mammal Board, told Blik, "It seems that this is the result of morbillivirus infection.
Fota ostriches put down over TB
Irish Times - www.irishtimes.com
01 Sep 2009
A Carr
Area: Fota Wildlife Park, County Cork, Ireland - Map It
An ostrich flock at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork has had to be put down after a bird died from suspected avian tuberculosis (TB).
Director of Fota Dr David Gibson said the park had bought the four ostriches from a private collection in Ireland.
“One bird died in unusual circumstances. The circumstances were so unusual a post mortem was carried out which showed lesions in the bird’s liver which is an indication of avian TB,” he said.
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Photo credit: Scientific American
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WILDLIFE HEALTH RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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The Arctic as a model for anticipating, preventing, and mitigating climate change impacts on host-parasite interactions
Vet Parasitol. 2009 Aug 7;163(3):217-28. Epub 2009 Jun 13
SJ Kutz et al.
Feasibility of infectious prion digestion using mild conditions and commercial subtilisin
J Virol Methods. 2009 Oct;161(1):168-72. Epub 2009 May 23
JL Pilon et al.
Partial direct contact transmission in ferrets of a mallard H7N3 influenza virus with typical avian-like receptor specificity
Virol J. 2009 Aug 14;6(1):126. [Epub ahead of print]
H Song et al.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) potential economic impact on cervid farming in Alberta
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2009;72(17):1014-7
C Arnot et al.
Paraparesis in A Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Associated with West Nile Virus Infection
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 2009; 40(3):568-571
CJ Dutton et al.
