USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report January 2002 to March 2002 |
Reported State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported By |
AK |
Chitina River, Cordova |
01/01/02-01/09/02 |
Trumpeter Swan, Tundra Swan |
8 |
Open |
NW |
AL |
Gulf Shores State Park |
02/25/02-03/10/02 |
Unidentified Loon, Brown Pelican, Herring Gull, Mallard, Northern Gannet |
20(e) |
Aspergillosis |
NW |
AR |
Stone Co., Stout Pond |
01/24/02-02/05/02 |
Wood Frog |
5 |
Expose |
NW |
AR |
Stone Co., Ozark NF |
02/26/00-02/26/00 |
Wood Frog |
140 |
Predation |
NW |
AR |
Stone Co., Ozark NF |
02/09/01-02/09/01 |
Wood Frog |
35 |
Predation suspect |
NW |
CA |
Salton Sea NWR |
02/08/02-02/28/02 |
Ross' Goose |
20 |
Open |
NW |
CA |
Stanislaus Co., San Joaquin NWR |
01/21/02-02/06/02 |
Ross' Goose, Canada (Aleutian), Snow Goose, American Coot, Northern Shoveler |
233 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
CA |
Sutter Co., Sutter NWR |
01/15/02-02/12/02 |
Snow Goose, Northern Pintail, Ross' Goose, American Coot, White-fronted Goose |
250(e) |
Avian cholera |
NW |
FL |
Okaloosa & Walton Co.,Destin Harbor |
02/01/02-ongoing |
Brown Pelican, Common Loon, Osprey, Herring Gull, Unidentified Gull |
55(e) |
Open |
NW |
FL |
Everglades NP |
02/25/02-ongoing |
Green Tree Frog, Cuban Tree Frog, American Coot |
15(e) |
Open |
NW |
GA |
Richmond Co. |
08/01/01-01/31/02 |
American Crow, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Blue Jay |
12(e) |
Salmonellosis |
SC |
IA |
Marion Co., Lake Red Rock |
03/19/02-03/20/02 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
38 |
Trauma: Weather |
NW |
ID |
Canyon Co,, Caldwell |
01/30/02-02/15/02 |
Mallard, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Red-tailed Hawk, Mute Swan |
250(e) |
Toxicosis: Famphur |
ID, NW |
IL |
Great River NWR |
01/11/02-01/13/02 |
Common Grackle, Rusty Blackbird |
30(e) |
Trauma: Gunshot |
NW |
IL |
Winnebago Co., Rockford |
12/26/01-ongoing |
House Sparrow |
100(e) |
Salmonellosis |
NW |
KY |
Corbin |
01/06/02-01/10/02 |
American Crow |
100(e) |
Clostridium perfringens, Viral infection |
NW, SC |
LA |
Monroe |
01/14/02-02/15/02 |
House Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied |
15(e) |
Salmonellosis |
NW |
LA |
North Avovelles Parish, Town of Vick |
01/29/02-02/05/02 |
Snow Goose |
30(e) |
Starvation |
NW |
LA |
Offshore Lousiana |
01/05/02-01/10/02 |
Brown Pelican |
50(e) |
Exposure: Hypothermia |
NW |
LA |
Port Fourchon |
01/11/02-02/01/02 |
Brown Pelican |
2O(e) |
Emaciation |
NW |
LA |
Residential area |
03/04/02-03/04/021 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
93 |
Open |
NW |
MD |
Montgomery Co., Rockville |
01/14/02-01/14/02 |
European Starling |
130(e) |
Trauma suspect |
NW |
MD |
Montgomery Co., Silver Spring |
12/18/01-12/18/01 |
European Starling |
20(e) |
Toxicosis: nitrate suspect |
MD, NW |
NC |
HydeCo., Mattamuskeet NWR |
02/13/02-02/14/02 |
Tundra Swan |
34 |
Gout: visceral |
NW |
NY |
Albany Co., Albany |
12/01/01-03/01/02 |
American Crow |
1,000(e) |
Enteritis: hemorrhagic |
NW, NY |
OH |
Mahoning Co., Co., Boardman |
01/14/02-01/15/02 |
American Crow |
45 |
Enteritis: hemorrhagic |
NW |
OR |
Tillamook Co. |
11/02/01-11/08/02 |
California Gull |
50 |
Toxicosis: organophosphorus cmpd. suspect |
NW |
PA |
Erie Co., PA, Presque Isle State Park |
06/23/01-12/01/01 |
Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Ring-billed Gull, Oldsquaw Sanderling |
2,500(e) |
Botulism type |
CAN, NW |
PA |
Pike Co. Delaware Water Gap NRA |
02/10/02-02/13/02 |
Eastern Spotted Newt |
1,500(e) |
Exposure suspect |
NW |
WA |
Yakima Co.. |
03/07/02-03/07/02 |
American Crow |
15 |
Toxicosis: organophosphorus cmpd. suspect |
NW |
WI |
WI River area |
11/27/01-04/09/02 |
Bald Eagle |
30 (e) |
Open |
NW, WI |
Updates and Corrections: |
Reported State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported By |
AR |
Garland Co., Lake Ouachita |
05/18/01-11/09/01 |
Bald Eagle |
1 |
Vacuolar myelinopathy |
NW |
CO |
El Paso Co., Colorado Springs area |
06/01/01-ongoing |
Raccoon, Red Fox |
900 (e) |
Canine distemper |
NW |
FL |
Lee Co., Gasparilla Is |
10/30/01-12/30/01 |
American White Pelican |
20 (e) |
Toxicosis: brevetoxin |
NW |
GA |
J Strom Thurmond Lake/Clarks Hill Lake |
10/20/01-02/04/02 |
Canada Goose, Bald Eagle |
18 |
Vacuolar myelinopathy |
NW |
NC |
Moore Co., Woodlake |
10/24/01-12/31/01 |
American Coot\ |
25 (e) |
Vacuolar myelinopathy |
NW |
VA |
City of Richmond |
06/12/99-06/20/99
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Bull
Frog
|
19
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Fungal
Infection:
chytrid
|
NW
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(e) = estimate
Alaska Fish and Game Department (AK), Arizona Game and Fish Department
(AZ), B.C. Ministry of Environment (BC), Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center
(CCW), Center for Disease Control (CDC), California Fish and Game Wildlife Investigations
Lab (CFG), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN), USGS National Wildlife Health
Center (NW), New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (NY), Oregon Dept. of
Fisheries and Wildlife (OR), Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University
(PA), Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCW), San Diego County Veterinary
Diagnostic Laboratory (SDC), Environment Ministry Laboratory of Toronto (TOR), Wyoming Game
and Fish (WY), Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WA), Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources (WI) , US Army, Fort Meade (USA), University of California Davis (UCD), US
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
Written and compiled by Rex Sohn, Western US, Kathryn Converse, Central US, Emi Saito/Grace
McLaughlin - Eastern US, NWHC. The Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report is available at
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov. To report mortality or receive information about this report,
contact the above NWHC staff, e-mail: kathy_converse@usgs.gov., or for Hawaiian Islands
contact Thierry Work. Phone: (608) 270-2400, FAX: (608) 270-2415 or write USGS National
Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI 53711.
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For additional information please contact Dr. Scott Wright,
USGS National Wildlife Health Center - Disease Investigations Branch Chief, at 608-270-2460 or
Paul Slota, USGS National Wildlife Health Center - Support Services
Branch Chief at 608-270-2420.
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