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The Wildlife Disease News Digest regularly brings together wildlife disease topics making the news. Explore the news using the Digest's companion application, the Global Wildlife Disease News Map.
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The condition in bats known as 'white-nose syndrome' was first noted among dead and hibernating bats within several caves near Albany, New York, in February 2007.
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USGS and a network of partners across the country work on documenting wildlife mortality events, in order to provide timely and accurate information on locations, species and causes of death.
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The global spread of H5N1 increases the likelihood that it will eventually be detected in North America. There are a number of pathways through which the virus could be brought to this continent.
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The USGS National Wildlife Health Center is tracking reports and investigating several recent outbreaks of salmonellosis in wild birds across the country. Species primarily affected include pine siskins, common redpolls, and various finches.
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Endangered Black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs are at risk from a sylvatic plague outbreak in South Dakota - USGS scientists are working to protect these animals from infection.
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