USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
January 1999 to March 1999 |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| Anchorage |
AK |
01/01/99- ongoing |
Black-capped Chickadee |
100 (e) |
Bill Deformities; etiology undetermined |
ABSC |
| Sevier County |
AR |
03/28/99- 03/28/99 |
Common Grackle |
15 |
Toxicosis: organophosphorus cmpd. suspect |
NW |
| Izard, Independence, Searcy Counties |
AR |
3/18/99- 03/19/99 |
American Robin; Common Grackle |
30 (e) |
Toxicosis: organophosphorus cmpd. suspect |
NW |
| Humboldt Bay NWR |
CA |
12/01/98- 03/31/99 |
American Coot; Unidentified Duck |
800 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| Kesterson NWR & nearby hunt clubs |
CA |
01/18/99- 02/20/99 |
Aleutian Canada Goose; Snow Goose; American Coot; Black-necked Stilt |
2727 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| Merced NWR; Arena Plains NWR |
CA |
12/28/98- 03/31/99 |
American Coot; Ruddy; Ross' Goose; Snow Goose; Northern Shoveler |
3,272 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| Modoc NWR |
CA |
02/25/99- 03/31/99 |
Tundra Swan |
24 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| Stone Lakes NWR |
CA |
01/29/99- 02/23/99 |
American Coot; Unidentified Birds |
182 |
Avian cholera suspect |
CFG |
| Peace River, Charlotte Harbor |
FL |
01/08/99- 01/14/99 |
Lesser Scaup |
50 (e) |
Hepatitis |
SC |
| Jekyl Island, Brunswick |
GA |
12/15/98- 01/01/99 |
Black Scoter |
150 (e) |
Parasitism: trematodiasis; renal coccidiosis |
SC |
| Savannah |
GA |
11/25/98- 12/09/98 |
Double-crested Cormorant |
30 (e) |
Parasitism: renal coccidiosis |
SC |
| Fort Wayne |
IN |
01/20/99- 01/22/99 |
Mallard |
40 (e) |
Emaciation |
NW |
| Oswego |
IN |
01/19/99- 01/25/99 |
American Coot; Mute Swan; Ruddy; Mallard |
200 (e) |
Emaciation |
NW |
| Cattle feedlot near Great Bend |
KS |
02/16/99- 02/27/99 |
Red-winged Blackbird; Brewer's Blackbird; European Starling |
20,000 (e) |
Toxicosis: Avitrol |
NW |
| Morehouse Parish |
LA |
01/25/99- 02/12/99 |
Common Grackle |
3,000 (e) |
Calvarial osteo-airsacculitis, secondary meningitis |
NW |
| Cameron Parish |
LA |
01/02/99- 01/02/99 |
Green-winged Teal; Unidentified Snipe; Killdeer; Mallard |
65 |
Trauma: storm |
NW |
| Tulsa |
OK |
03/22/99- ongoing |
Common Grackle |
??? |
Open |
NW |
| Ankeny NWR |
OR |
01/11/99- 01/13/99 |
Western Canada Goose; Ruddy Duck; Northern Pintail; Dusky Canada Goose |
13 |
Open; Aspergillosis |
NW |
| Inabon River, Ponce |
PR |
03/01/99- 03/05/99 |
Brown Pelican |
20 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| Bear River MBR |
UT |
03/10/99- 04/01/99 |
Northern Shoveler; Green-winged Teal |
200 (e) |
Botulism suspect |
NW |
| Sundance |
UT |
11/15/98- 02/15/99 |
Unidentified; Grosbeak; Pine Siskin |
120 (e) |
Salmonellosis |
NW |
| Blaine |
WA |
11/25/98- 1/30/99 |
Pine Siskin |
6 |
Salmonellosis |
NW |
| Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary |
WI |
12/22/98- 01/31/99 |
Mallard |
150 (e) |
Open |
WI |
| Lake Geneva, Walworth County |
WI |
02/01/99- 02/04/99 |
American Coot; Unidentified Duck |
75 (e) |
Bacteremia (Aeromonas hydrophila, Salmonella sp.) |
NW |
| National Elk Refuge |
WY |
02/10/99- 03/01/99 |
Elk |
30 (e) |
Hemorrhagic septicemia |
NW |
| Updates and Corrections: |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| Greenwich |
NY |
12/21/98- 01/10/99 |
Snow Goose |
57 (e) |
Parasitism: Sphaeridiotrema globulus |
NY |
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(e) = estimate * = morbidity and mortality
REPORTERS: Alaska
Biological Science Center (ABSC); National Wildlife Health Center
(NW); New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NY);
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SC); California
Department of Fish and Game-Wildlife Investigations Laboratory (CFG);
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI).
Written and
compiled by Kathryn Converse, Kimberli Miller, Linda Glaser, Terry
Creekmore, and Audra Schrader, National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC).
To report mortality or if you would like specific information on
these mortalities, contact one of the following NWHC staff: Western
US Kathryn Converse; Eastern US--Kimberli Miller; Hawaiian Islands--Thierry
Work. Phone (608) 270-2400, FAX (608) 270-2415 or E-mail kathy_converse@usgs.gov.
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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U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
