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USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
January 1998 to March 1998

Reported
State
Location Dates Species Mortality Diagnosis Reported
By
Kenai Peninsula AK 02/10/98-04/15/98 Common Redpoll, Unidentified Grosbeak 50 e Salmonellosis NW
Kenai Pennisula, Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound AK 02/01/98-04/15/98 Common Murre Unknown e Starvation Suspect NW
Ash Flat AR 01/21/98-02/10/98 American Goldfinch 25 Salmonellosis NW
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area, Susuin Marsh CA 02/23/98-02/25/98 American Coot, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Mallard, Gadwall 1176 e Avian Cholera CA
Near Rio Vista Mein's Landing Duck Club CA 12/25/97-01/07/98 American Coot, Northern Shoveler, Canvasback, Ruddy Northern Pintail 400 e Avian cholera CA
Palo Alto Flood Flood Basin CA 01/08/98-01/12/98 American Coot, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Canvasback 41 Avian cholera CA
Sacramento Complex Refuges CA 12/16/97-02/01/98 Snow Goose, Ross' Goose, American Wigeon, American Coot, Northern Pintail 1939 Avian cholera NW
Salton Sea CA 03/10/98-ongoing Unidentified Dowitcher, Brown Pelican, American White Pelican 7123 Botulism Type C NW
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area CA 01/06/98-01/14/98 Ruddy American Coot, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Unidentified Bird 108 Avian cholera CA
Atlantic Provinces CAN 01/98-03/30/98 Common Redpoll   Salmonellosis CCW
Gilchrist Co. & Merritt Island FL 02/01/98-03/15/98 Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Cardinal     FL
Cedar Keys NWR FL 02/25/98-03/24/98 Common Loon 20 e Emaciation NW
Gulf Island National Seashore FL 03/16/98-04/15/98 Common Loon 55 e Open NW
Islands at mouth of St John's River FL 01/01/98-03/04/98 Brown Pelican 200 Open NW
Forney Lake IA 02/09/98-02/28/98 Snow Goose 26 e Avian cholera suspect NW
Kaiser Creek IL 02/15/98-02/17/98 Bald Eagle 8 Toxicosis suspect NW
Peoria Heights IL 01/01/98-03/01/98 American Goldfinch, Pine Siskin 20 e Salmonella NW
Brown County IN 01/01/98-03/01/98 Pine Siskin 11 e Salmonellosis NW
Lovewell Reservoir KS 03/22/98-03/30/98 Snow Goose, Northern Pintail, White-fronted Goose, Mallard, Lesser Scaup 4941 Avian cholera NW
McCreary Co. KY 1/01/97-03/15/98 American Goldfinch, Northern Cardinal, Evening Grosbeak 100e Salmonellosis SC
Hadley MA 12/30/97-03/30/98 Pine Siskin 10 e Salmonellosis NW
Somerset,Waldo Piscataquis Co. ME 03/09/98-04/15/98 Common Redpoll, American Goldfinch   Salmonellosis NW
Wooded area in Knox Township ME 03/10/98-03/10/98 Bohemian Waxwing 11 Hypothermia Suspect NW
26 Co. Area MI 02/10/98-04/30/98 Common Redpoll, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, Northern Cardinal, Pine Siskin 277 Salmonellosis RLW
Miller,Jackson, Texas Ralls, St.Louis Co. MO 2/01/98-03/31/98 Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch 100's e Salmonellosis NW
Swan Lake NWR MO 2/01/98-02/18/98 Snow Goose, Unidentified Canada Goose 264 Avian cholera NW
Yazoo NWR MS 03/17/98-03/26/98 American Coot (Enlarged Spleens) 35 Open NW
Rainwater Basin WMD NE 02/20/98-04/03/98 Snow Goose, Northern Pintail, Mallard, White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose 25779 Avian cholera NW
Schenectady, Otsegp, Albany, Saratoga Co. NY 12/13/97-03/30/98 House Sparrow, Common Redpoll 21 Salmonellosis NY
Jackson,Lawrence, Hocking,Sandusky Co. OH 01/29/98-04/30/98 Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, White-throated Sparrow 24 e Salmonellosis NW
Lake Eucha OK 01/15/98-02/23/98 American Goldfinch, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch 30 e Salmonellosis NW
Pike Co. PA 01/30/98-02/18/98 Pine Siskin 30 Salmonellosis NW
Edisto Beach State Park SC 03/25/98-03/25/98 Boat-tailed Grackle 24 Toxicosis: Organophosphate SC
Eastland County TX 11/17/97-11/20/97 Mallard, Killdeer 55 e Septicemia TVD
Fort Worth TX 12/31/97-01/05/98 Greater Scaup, American Wigeon 20 e Botulism type CNW
Near Cameron TX 03/17/98-04/01/98 Black-bellied Tree, Common Grackle, Muscovy 25 e Toxicosis; organophosphate or carbamate NW
Carbon TX 12/29/97-01/04/98 Northern Pintail 79 Aflatoxicosis TVD
10 County Area VT 01/30/98-04/15/98 Common Redpoll, Evening Grosbeak, Pine Grosebeak 40 Salmonellosis NW
Winooski VT 03/12/98-03/12/98 Cedar Waxwing 38 Hypothermia Suspect NW
9 Co. Area WI 01/10/98-03/05/98 Common Redpoll, Pine Sisken, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow 100 e Salmonellosis NW

(e) = estimate; * = morbidity and mortality

REPORTERS: National Wildlife Health Center (NW); Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SC); California Department of Fish and Game-Wildlife Investigations Laboratory (CA); Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center (CCW); Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVD); Laboratory of Wildlife Disease Research-Gainsville (FL); Rose Lake Wildlife Disease Laboratory-Michigan (RLW) ; New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NY)

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.

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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