Forum : Diseases and disease agents          Submit New Topic Topic:Wildlife Disease - General Name:L Haynes Date: Email:lhaynes@zoo.nsw.gov.au Phone: Name Date Of Event Posted Details T Grillo 07/09/2010 (NEW BOOK: published on 5 August 2010) Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques (2010) Edited by Ian L. Boyd, W. Don Bowen and Sara J. Iverson, Oxford University Press. Follow link to find out more and how to order - http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199216574.do Tiggy Grillo 01/06/2010 07/06/2010 Bat Conservation & Rescue Qld. Inc. Media Release: Flying-foxes are suffering a starvation event right now in SE Qld with an increase in calls to our service for rescues for hungry bats. Due to hunger there is an increase in the need for rescues as bats attempt to get food from the ground therefore we are getting more attacks from domestic animals. They also try to land in fruiting flowering trees near barbed-wire so we are experiencing an increase in our work load not only for the rescue but also in the intensive care required when bats are injured. This is an animal welfare issue we want to alert the public to. In the winter of 2007 we suffered an extreme food shortage for bats, many people left them to die in their backyards because it is assumed no one cares for these animals. We are passionate about our work and concerned that the disease hysteria is totally out of proportion in the minds of the public – we hear it constantly. Please read the Media Release for further Important T Grillo 01/06/2010 07/06/2010 Fleas, hosts and habitat: What can we predict about the spread of vector-borne zoonotic diseases? [PhD Thesis – U.S.A.] Friggens, Megan M.(2010) Fleas, hosts and habitat: What can we predict about the spread of vector-borne zoonotic diseases? Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona University. 159 p. Dissertation. Description: Vector-borne diseases of humans and wildlife are experiencing resurgence across the globe. I examine the dynamics of flea borne diseases through a comparative analysis of flea literature and analyses of field data collected from three sites in New Mexico: The Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, the Sandia Mountains and the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP). My objectives were to use these analyses to better predict and manage for the spread of diseases such as plague (Yersinia pestis). View and Print this Publication (1.57 MB). For full information about access to this thesis please follow link: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/34979 Tiggy Grillo 15/05/2010 07/06/2010 Undiagnosed Deaths, Harbour Porpoises - Canada: (British Columbia), Request for Information 14/5/2010 ProMED: and source 11/5/2010 CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/05/11/bc-dead-harbour-porpoise-victoria.html “Marine biologists are trying to figure out why 8 harbour porpoises have washed ashore near Victoria in the past week. The most recent carcass was found on the beach near Beacon Hill Park Tuesday [11 May 2010]. Tiggy Grillo 05/05/2010 07/06/2010 The full report “Dolphin deaths in the Swan Canning Riverpark and comments on the Bunbury inner waters, South-west of Western Australia” Report to the Minister for Environment by the Chief Scientist of Western Australia Professor Lyn Beazley AO FTSE is available from the Swan River Trust Website: http://www.swanrivertrust.wa.gov.au/science/river/Documents/Dolphin_Review_Final_30_April_2010.pdf T Grillo 09/05/2010 18/05/2010 Information on the rate of mortality as a result of heat events in Victoria can be found on pg12 with a number of other sections discussing the impact of these events and the potential future management strategies for the future. “Flying-foxes are particularly sensitive to the effects of extreme temperatures, as they roost among the exposed branches of canopy trees. During January and February 2009, 4868 flying-foxes died as a result of two major heat events.” Follow link to read more: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/34D1284246596D11CA2576CA008376A9/$File/Flying+Fox+Scientific+Research.pdf http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenpa.nsf/fid/2 FDAAFA5FC1CFD50CA2576E8001A8C69 T Grillo 09/05/2010 18/05/2010 Tasmanian Platypus Management Plan 2010 [now available] This management plan recommends key short and long term management actions, research and monitoring required to effectively ensure healthy individuals and populations persist throughout the State. Follow link to download the document: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/platypusdisease. For more information on the work being carried out in Tassie on Platypus please visit the website: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-53573T?open T Grillo 25/04/2010 18/05/2010 [PUBLICATION]Tomo, Ikuko, et al., (2010) Eighteen-year study of south Australian dolphins shows variation in lung nematodes by season, year, age class, and location. J Wildl Dis. 46: 488-498 http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/2/488?etoc T Grillo 24/03/2010 18/05/2010 Study urged on rising dolphin deaths ABC News: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/24/2854463.htm The South Australian Museum is keen to know why more dolphin deaths are being reported in upper Spencer Gulf. It says deaths north of Wallaroo and Cowell have been on the rise since 2001. As many as 13 dolphins per year are reported dead but it says many more deaths would be unreported. T Grillo 21/04/2010 18/05/2010 Global search can’t solve Dolphin mystery Portside Messenger: http://portside-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/mystery-injuries/ The exact cause of the horrific burns inflicted on two Port River dolphins is unlikely to ever be known, despite a global search by local authorities. 1 2 3 4 5 6          Submit New Topic

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