USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report April 2003 to June 2003 |
Reported State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported By |
AR |
Ouachita County |
05/05/03-ongoing |
Mourning Dove |
40(e) |
Ingluviitis |
AR |
FL |
Santa Rosa County |
05/01/03-05/15/03 |
Great Blue Heron |
20(e) |
Trauma |
NW |
GA |
Columbia County |
01/01/03-02/07/03 |
Fox Coyote Yellow-rumped Warbler |
5 |
Toxicosis: aldicarb suspect |
SCW |
GA |
Gwinnett County |
02/20/03-02/28/03 |
Cedar Waxwing |
20(e) |
Trauma |
SCW |
GA |
Madison County |
06/01/03-06/07/03 |
Northern Cardinal
Brown-headed Cowbird |
8 |
Salmonellosis |
SCW |
ID |
Caribou County |
06/27/03-06/28/03 |
Canada Goose |
5 |
Open |
NW |
ID |
Ada County |
06/26/03-06/27/03 |
Canada Goose |
6 |
Toxicosis: diazinon |
ID, NW |
IL |
Will County |
06/01/03-07/01/03 |
Purple Martin |
5(e) |
Open |
NW |
IN |
LaGrange County |
06/01/03-07/01/03 |
Purple Martin |
10(e) |
Aspergillosis |
NW |
KS |
Marshall County |
06/30/03-07/26/03 |
Mourning Dove Black-capped Chickadee |
13 |
Parasitism: trichomoniasis |
NW |
LA |
St Tammany Parish |
04/18/03-04/27/03 |
Southern Leopard Frog |
500(e) |
Open |
NW |
MD |
Harford County |
01/01/02-ongoing |
Bald Eagle Osprey |
21 |
Electrocution |
NW |
MD |
Wicomico County |
04/01/97-ongoing |
Red-eared Slider Turtle Painted Turtle |
60(e) |
Osteodystroph |
NW |
MN |
Agassiz NWR |
06/26/03-07/10/03 |
American White Pelican |
8(e) |
Trauma: Pouch Lacerations |
NW |
MS |
Harrison County |
01/15/03-03/27/03 |
Brown Pelican
Unidentified Merganser
Unidentified Gull |
30 |
Open |
NW |
MT |
Valley County |
04/07/03-04/21/03 |
Red Crossbill |
7(e) |
Salmonellosis suspect |
# |
NC |
Croatan National Forest |
04/15/03-06/20/03 |
Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
10 |
Trauma suspect |
NW |
ND |
Stark County |
05/05/03-05/10/03 |
Eared Grebe |
25(e) |
Exposure: hypothermia |
NW |
NE |
Kearney County |
05/20/03-07/24/03 |
American Robin
Unidentified Dove
Cedar Waxwing |
60(e) |
Open |
NEB, NW |
NV |
Washoe County |
05/27/03-06/15/03 |
Mourning Dove |
6 |
Parasitism: trichomoniasis |
NW |
OH |
Erie County |
05/28/03-06/05/03 |
Double-crested Cormorant |
100(e) |
Drowning suspect |
NW |
OK |
Near Tishomingo NWR |
04/15/03-05/15/03 |
House Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Mourning Dove |
15(e) |
Salmonellosis |
NW |
SD |
Brown County |
05/25/03-06/11/03 |
Cedar Waxwing |
200(e) |
Toxicosis: cyanide suspect |
NW |
SD |
Charles Mix County |
02/01/03-02/10/03 |
Mallard Canada Goose |
23(e) |
Avian cholera |
NW |
TN |
Great Smoky Mountains NP |
05/19/03-05/22/03 |
Eastern Red-spotted Newt Unidentified Amphibian Larvae |
2000(e) |
Open |
NW |
TN |
Chester County |
02/04/03-04/02/03 |
Northern Cardinal House Sparrow |
20(e) |
Salmonellosis |
SCW |
TN |
Shelby County |
05/19/03-06/06/03 |
Purple Martin |
60(e) |
Open |
SCW |
TX |
Anahuac NWR |
04/25/03-06/11/03 |
Mottled Duck |
10(e) |
Open |
NW |
TX |
Lubbock County |
05/12/03-06/30/03 |
Unidentified Sparrow
European Starling
Mourning Dove
American Robin
Blue Jay |
100(e) |
Starvation |
NW |
VA |
Surry County |
01/15/03-02/15/03 |
Brown Pelican |
50(e) |
Drowning |
NW, SCW |
WI |
Upper Mississippi NWR |
04/03/03-05/09/03 |
Lesser Scaup
American Coot
Bufflehead |
700(e) |
Parasitism: Cyathocotyle bushiensis |
NW |
WI |
Winnebago County |
04/05/03-05/30/03 |
American Coot
Redhead
Lesser Scaup |
75(e) |
Parasitism: Cyathocotyle bushiensis |
NW |
WY |
Sublette County |
06/25/03-07/15/03 |
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow |
100(e) |
Emaciation |
NW |
WY |
Sheridan County |
03/01/03-05/20/03 |
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin |
100 |
Salmonellosis |
NW |
Updates and Corrections: |
Reported State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported By |
FL |
St. Mark's National Wildlife Refuge |
12/19/02-07/15/03 |
Southern Leopard Frog |
200(e) |
Parasitism: Perkinsus-like Organism |
NW |
OK |
Tishomingo NWR |
02/18/03-02/18/03 |
unidentified Grackle
European Starling
unidentified Junco |
20 |
Open |
NW |
MS |
Harrison County |
03/19/03-06/01/03 |
Mississippi gopher Frog Southern Leopard Frog |
1,000(e) |
Parasitism: Perkinsus-like Organism |
NW |
GA,
AL, AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA,
MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC,
ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, WY |
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01/08/03-ongoing |
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Cardinal
Black-billed Magpie
Common Grackle |
1,900(e) |
Viral
Infection: West Nile |
NW, ST |
FL |
Volusia, Orange, Brevard, Martin, Palm
Beach and Broward Counties |
03/08/03-04/15/03 |
Northern Gannet Unidentified Cormorant |
2,500(e) |
Emaciation |
FL, NW |
(e) = estimate; * = morbidity, not mortality; # = no specimens received in laboratory setting
Arkansas Livestock and Poultry (AR), Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife
Disease Study (SCW), Idaho Game and Fish (ID), USGS National
Wildlife Health Center (NW), Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FL),
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NEB), Various states diagnostic
laboratories (ST). Written and compiled by Kathryn Converse/Rex
Sohn - Western US, Grace McLaughlin – Eastern US, Christine
Lemanski, 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, or for Hawaiian Islands contact Thierry Work.
Phone: (608) 270-2400, FAX: (608) 270-2415 or e-mail: kathy_converse@usgs.gov.
USGS National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison,
WI 53711.
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Quarterly Mortality Reports |
Trematode-related
mortality at Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge.
Beginning in early April, lesser scaup and American coots were
found dead and dying at Pool 7 (Lake Onalaska) of the upper Mississippi
River. Mortality continued into early May. Total mortality on Lake
Onalaska was estimated at 700 birds. Lesser scaup (570) and coots
(125) were the species most affected, along with several buffleheads.
One or both of two species of trematodes, Sphaeridiotrema globulus
and Cyathocotyle bushiensis, were found in each bird examined.
Crews conducted periodic monitoring trips on Pools 7 and 8 and
found/collected an estimated 15-25% of the total number of sick/dead
birds. Avian predators and scavengers, such as bald eagles, crows,
and gulls, consumed many birds. Mortality caused by the same species
of trematodes was reported in the same area during the Fall 2002
migration.
Additional mortality at Cade’s Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Tennessee.
A sewage treatment plant at Cade’s Cove was the site of snapping
turtle and American toad mortality in the winter and early spring
of 2003. A third mortality event, involving several thousand unidentified
amphibian larvae and several adult red-spotted newts occurred over
several days in late May. Causes of the mortalities have not been
determined, but investigations are continuing.
Cedar Waxwing Mortality in South Dakota.
In late May 2003 personnel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks were contacted
about Cedar Waxwing mortalities at several widely scattered locations
in eastern South Dakota. A similar pattern of mortality in Cedar
Waxwings had occurred in the area in 2002. Sick birds showed weakness,
stupor, respiratory distress and sudden death. The observers noted
a correlation between bird deaths and certain species of budding
and flowering ornamental shrubs reported to contain high levels
of cyanogenic glycosides. Necropsies at the South Dakota State
Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (SDVDL) and at the NWHC found all birds
were in fair to excellent body condition without evidence of infectious
disease. Analysis of tissues from the birds by NWHC found elevated,
but not toxic levels of cyanide. Unfortunately the tissues had
not been collected and preserved in a manner consistent with preservation
of cyanide. Analysis by SDVDL of GI content from dead birds and
plant samples collected at die-off sites showed high levels of
cyanide. Plans are being formulated for the collection and submission
of dead birds and nearby plant material using cyanide protocols
in 2004.
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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