USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
October 2006 to December 2006 |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| AK |
Maritime NWR |
11/20/06-11/30/06 |
Auklet, Crested |
20 (e) |
Toxicosis suspect |
NON |
| CA |
Imperial County |
12/09/06-12/13/06 |
Goose, Snow Lesser |
60 |
Open |
NW |
| CA |
Sacramento NWR |
09/29/06-10/25/06 |
Shoveler Northern, Wigeon, American, Coot, American, Mallard, Teal, Green-Winged |
355 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| CA |
Tulare County |
10/18/06-11/03/06 |
Waterfowl, Unidentified, Coot, American, Duck, Ruddy, Shoveler, Northern, Sandpiper, Western |
497 |
Open: botulism suspect |
NON |
| FL |
Dade County |
08/24/06-09/15/06 |
Dove, Eurasian Collared |
20 (e) |
Avian paromyxovirus |
KDL |
| FL |
Indian River |
12/18/06-01/01/07 |
Pelican, Eastern Brown, Pelican, American White |
13 |
Open |
NW |
| FL |
Dade County |
09/18/06-09/25/06 |
Duck, Unidentified |
45 |
Open |
KDL |
| ID |
Cassia County |
12/05/06-12/14/06 |
Mallard |
1,500 |
Aspergillosis suspect |
ID, NW |
| KS |
Maxwell Refuge |
09/01/06-11/15/06 |
Bison |
47 |
Mycoplasma |
UNK |
| MA |
Cape Cod National Seashore |
10/15/06-12/14/06 |
Eider, Common |
500 (e) |
Parasitism suspect |
NW |
| MD |
Poplar and Coaches Island |
10/25/06-ongoing |
Heron, Great Blue |
12 |
Steatitis |
NW |
| MN |
Upper MS NWR |
12/18/06-12/20/06 |
Swan, Tundra (Whistling) |
8 |
Lead poisoning, Open |
NW |
| MO |
Swan Lake NWR |
12/16/06-ongoing |
Goose, Snow Lesser |
45 |
Avian cholera |
NW |
| MT |
Georgetown Lake |
09/29/06-10/23/06 |
Coot, American |
1,000 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| MT |
Lake County |
12/10/06-12/12/06 |
Mallard |
15 (e) |
Pneumonia, Aspergillosis |
NW |
| MT |
Billings |
11/01/06-11/01/06 |
Duck, Unidentified, Teal, Green-Winged, Duck, Gadwall, Duck, Ruddy, Coot, American |
75 |
Open |
NW |
| MT |
Smith Lake |
10/11/06-11/01/06 |
Coot, American |
700 |
Open |
NW |
| NM |
Carlsbad |
08/15/02-08/15/02 |
Kingbird, Western, Oriole, Unidentified, Sparrow, Unidentified, Pyrrhuloxia, Wren, Cactus |
36 |
Undetermined |
UNK |
| NM |
Rio Rancho |
11/10/06-12/01/06 |
Coot, American, Duck, Ruddy, Mallard |
20 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| NY |
Dunkirk |
10/20/06-12/25/06 |
Loon, Common |
2,000 (e) |
Botulism type E |
NW, NY |
| NY |
Dunkirk |
08/15/06-09/20/06 |
Gull, Unidentified |
18 |
Open: botulism suspect |
NYC |
| NY |
Lake Ontario |
10/21/06-12/25/06 |
Loon, Common, Merganser, Red Breasted, Duck, Long-Tailed (Oldsquaw), Scoter, White-Winged, Grebe, Red-Necked |
4000 (e) |
Botulism type E |
NW, NY |
| OK |
Hackberry Flat WMA |
12/13/06-12/14/06 |
Mallard, Goose, Ross', Wigeon, American, Pintail, Northern, Teal, Green-Winged |
21 |
Open: aflatoxicosis suspect |
NW |
| OK |
Sequoyah NWR |
12/23/06-01/01/07 |
Goose, Snow Lesser, Goose, Ross' |
13 |
Trauma: gunshot, Peritonitis |
NW |
| SD |
Lake Nicholson |
11/15/06-11/30/06 |
Goose, Snow Greater |
1,000 (e) |
Open: toxicosis suspect |
SD |
| WI |
Dane County |
10/10/06-10/13/06 |
Raccoon |
5 |
Parvovirus |
NW |
| WI |
Shawano Lake |
09/20/06-12/15/06 |
Coot, American, Scaup, Lesser, Mallard, Duck, Ruddy, Teal - Unidentified |
1,202 |
Parasitism suspect |
NW |
| Updates and Corrections: |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| FL |
Dade |
09/04/07-10/01/06 |
Duck, Muscovy, Egret, Unidentified, Heron, Unidentified, Ibis, White, Heron, Tri-colored |
48 |
Botulism suspect |
KDL |
| FL, GA |
Northeast Florida, (Nassau, Duval, St. Johns Counties), (McIntosh, Camben, Glynn Counties),Southeast Georgia |
09/10/06-11/30/06 |
Turtle, Loggerhead, Pelican, Eastern, Sandpiper, Shorebird, Unidentified, Seabird, Unidentified |
200 (e) |
Toxicosis suspect |
KDL, UFL |
| W |
Lake Onalaska |
09/01/06-11/29/06 |
Coot, American, Scaup, Lesser, Teal, Blue-winged, Duck, Bufflehead, Duck, Ruddy |
3974 (e) |
Parasitism suspect |
NW |
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(e) = estimate; * = morbidity, not mortality
Idaho Wildlife Health Laboratory (ID), Kissimmee Diagnostic Laboratory (KDL), National Wildlife Health Center (NW), New York City Diagnostic Lab (NYC), New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (NY), No diagnostics pursued (NON), South Dakota University Diagnostic Laboratory (SD), University of Florida (UFL), Unknown (UNK)
Written and compiled by: Kathryn Converse, Krysten Schuler - Western US, Grace McLaughlin, Mark Jankowski - Eastern US, and Jennifer Bradsby - Technician.
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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