News brief Today at 1:57 p.m. Mary Van Beusekom, MS Topics Chronic Wasting Disease The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has reported the first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Page County. The white-tailed doe was reported in July after showing clinical signs of the fatal neurodegenerative disease.
News brief . Stephanie Soucheray, MA Topics West Nile The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health late last week confirmed the first West Nile Virus death of the year in a resident of San Fernando Valley, who was hospitalized and died from neurologic illness following a severe West Nile virus infection.
News brief . Stephanie Soucheray, MA Topics Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Minnesota has reported its first H5N1 detection in poultry since April, which involves a commercial turkey farm in Redwood County. The detection comes on the heels of similar outbreaks in South Dakota and North Dakota earlier this month.
News brief Today at 3:29 p.m. Stephanie Soucheray, MA Topics Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, reported more detections of avian influenza in commercial flocks this week, affecting more than 160,000 birds, according to notifications from the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ...