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  • Bad summer in U.S. for zoonoses

    Ralph Maughan

    West Nile, Hantavirus, Plague- A zoonosis is an infectious disease transmitted between species, especially from animals to humans and vice versa. New strains of influenza are usually a zoonosis having emerged from DNA mixing in geese, pigs, birds and the like, but The Wildlife News is generally  concerned with zooneses like Rocky Mountain spotted fever…

  • A new, sometimes lethal, tick bite infection spreads

    Ralph Maughan

    Babesiosis, spread by deer ticks, could come to rival Lyme disease- Ticks are an incredible reservoir of nasty diseases, and it seems like new ones are frequently discovered. Unfortunately, all too many are transmitted by the hard-to-see, small deer tick, which is much more common in the Eastern U.S.  The larger, creepy-looking Rocky Mountain wood…

  • Lyme Disese in Utah?

    Ralph Maughan

    Most common tick borne disease has mostly spared interior Western states- Lyme disease hits Lehi. Wildlife officials will likely begin canvassing for ticks that carry disease. By Kirsten Stewart. The Salt Lake Tribune. Unhappy news. I know several folks on this forum have contracted Lyme Disease during their outdoor adventures.

  • A new tick-borne disease

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is something more for our tapeworm-fearing friends to worry about, though it’s doubtful they will- Emerging Tick-Borne Disease. ScienceDaily

  • Many things contribute to big game deaths

    Brian Ertz

    Ticks, starvation – lots of things kill ungulates in Idaho : Biologists track carcases in  E. Idaho river – The Olympian It will be interesting to see whether any anti-predator group sends out an alert about the vicious ticks devastating game species in Idaho.  Perhaps we’ll see some grandstanding about the need to control the…

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