Disease

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently diagnosed type C botulism in wild waterfowl along the East Arm of Grand Traverse Bay in Grand Traverse County and along Marsh Creek in Woodhaven in Wayne County.

Hawaii's native geese may be too big for feral cats to hunt, but that doesn't mean they are safe from the invasive predators. Parasites spread by cat feces kill about 4 percent of all nenes (Branta sandvicensis) — more than any other type of infection.

A new study published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases has documented evidence of "widespread contamination of habitat" in Hawai'i caused by feral cats. This latest research has alarming implications for the endangered Hawaiian Goose (Nēnē) and other animals found throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Staff at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge are closely monitoring waterfowl populations at at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area in Barton County, Kansas, after dead geese were observed.

A chickadee recovered in Ramsey County, Minn. and delivered on June 10 to a wildlife rehabilitation center later tested positive for avian influenza, marking the second case in a wild bird in the state.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently launched "Don't Let a Tick Make You Sick," a campaign aimed at raising Lyme-disease awareness in the Commonwealth, which has led the nation in confirmed cases for three straight years.

The Michigan departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) today announced the state's first confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2 in the state.

More than 600 waterfowl carcasses discovered at Nelson Lake in Oliver County in March are a result of avian cholera, a bacteria that is readily spread in areas where waterfowl congregate in large numbers.

The Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) is reporting staff and volunteers collected the carcasses of approximately 2,000 migrating snow geese that appeared to have succumbed to avian cholera and died while stopping at Mud Lake and Market Lake Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), on their to nesting grounds in Northern Alaska.