USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
January 2006 to March 2006 |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| AR |
Bald Knob NWR |
01/06/06-01/15/06 |
Greater Snow Goose, Ross' Goose |
1,000 (e) |
Aflatoxicosis suspect |
NW |
| BC |
East Coast of Queen Charlotte Islands |
12/25/05-04/15/06 |
Cassin's Auklet |
100 (e) |
Emaciation: starvation |
BC, WT |
| CA |
Silver Strand State Beach |
03/15/06-03/16/06 |
Western Grebe |
70 |
Trauma |
SDC, SWD |
| CA |
Tule Lake NWR and Lower Klamath NWR |
03/06/06-04/10/06 |
Ring-Necked Duck, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Snow Goose, American Coot |
600 (e) |
Undetermined Avian Cholera |
NW |
| FL |
Daytona Beach |
12/27/05-01/20/06 |
Unidentified Gull, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Mallard |
25 (e) |
Aspergillosis |
KDL, SCW |
| FL |
Fountain |
01/24/06-02/25/06 |
Green Frog |
150 (e) |
Viral Infection (suspect): Iridovirus |
NW |
| GA |
Hoginsville |
03/25/06-03/25/06 |
Black Vulture, Dog, Eastern Cottontail |
4 |
Toxicosis: aldicarb |
SCW |
| GA |
Macon |
12/30/05-12/30/05 |
Red-Winged Blackbird, Esophageal ulcers, Hepatitis |
7 |
Undetermined |
SCW |
| GA |
Miller County |
03/21/06-ongoing |
River Frog |
50 (e) |
Parasitism: Perkinsus-like organism |
SCW, NW |
| ID |
Camas NWR |
03/26/06-04/10/06 |
Ross' Goose, Lesser Snow Goose, American Coot, Canada Goose,Trumpeter Swan |
437 |
Aflatoxicosis suspect |
NW |
| IL |
Wilmette |
02/15/06-03/02/06 |
Long-Tailed Duck |
5 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| KS |
Quivira NWR |
03/08/06-03/11/06 |
Greater Sandhill Crane |
200 (e) |
Mycotoxicosis suspect |
NW |
| MN |
Lake Winnibigoshish |
10/07/05-10/13/06 |
American Coot |
40 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| MN |
Mississippi River, above Lock 4 |
10/10/05-10/15/05 |
American Coot |
200 (e) |
Trauma: water intake pipes |
NW |
| MO |
Bob Brown State Conservation Area |
01/15/06-01/31/06 |
Greater Snow Goose, Mallard |
183 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| MO |
Squaw Creek NWR |
01/15/06-01/31/06 |
Greater Snow Goose, Mallard, Ross' Goose |
150 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| OR |
OR Coast, Columbia, River to Port Orford |
03/06/06-04/07/06 |
Rhinoceros Auklet |
400 (e) |
Emaciation |
NW |
| OR |
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area |
01/01/06-03/15/06 |
Lesser Snow Goose, Dusky Canada Goose, Cackling Goose |
37 |
Lead Poisoning |
NW |
| OR |
Briedwell Road, Amity |
01/13/06-01/18/06 |
Cackling Goose |
6 |
Toxicosis: CHE Inhibiting cmpd. |
NW |
| TX |
Dalhart |
01/06/06-01/17/06 |
Ross' Goose |
34 |
Open |
NW |
| VA |
2126 Lake View Dr., Powhatan |
03/01/06-03/01/06 |
Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker |
4 (e) |
Open: toxicosis suspect |
SCW |
| WA |
Coastal areas |
12/01/05-04/30/06 |
Trumpeter Swan |
400 (e) |
Lead poisoning |
BC, WA |
| WA |
Seattle |
03/18/06-03/18/06 |
Cedar Waxwing |
18 |
Toxicosis: cyanide |
NW |
| WA |
Snake River, Clarkston |
03/20/06-03/21/06 |
Mallard |
8 |
Toxicosis: Famphur |
NW |
| WI |
Lake Onalaska, Pool 7, Upper Mississippi |
03/20/06-ongoing |
Lesser Scaup, American Coot, Ring-Necked Duck, Canada Goose, Greater Snow Goose |
2,400 (e) |
Parasitism: Sphaeridiotrema globulus |
NW |
| Updates and Corrections: |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| NC |
Moore Co., Woodlake |
11/20/05-12/18/06 |
American Coot, Bald Eagle |
300 (e) |
Vacuolar myelinopathy |
NW, SCW |
| TX |
Lorenzo |
12/14/05-12/15/05 |
Lesser Sandhill Crane |
34 |
Open: aflatoxicosis suspect |
NW |
| TX |
Muleshoe NWR |
12/15/05-02/23/06 |
Lesser Sandhill Crane |
400 (e) |
Mycotoxicosis Trichothecene suspect |
NW |
| WI |
Lake Onalaska, Upper Miss NWR |
08/30/05-11/25/05 |
American Coot, Lesser Scaup, Blue-Winged Teal Ring-Necked Duck, Mallard, Ruddy Duck |
8,850 (e) |
Parasitism: Cyathocotyle bushiensis |
NW |
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(e) = estimate; * = morbidity, not mortality
B.C. Ministry of Environment (BC), USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NW), Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCW), San Diego County Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (SDC), Sea World (SWD), Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WA), Kissimmee Diag Lab (KDL), Wildlife Trust (WT)
Written and compiled by Kathryn Converse/Rex Sohn - Western US, 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, 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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