Old bones unearth new date for giant deer's last stand
...adiocarbon dated, revealed that the Eurasian giant deer survived to 7,000 years ago, much later than previously thought. Giant deer first appeared about 400,000 years and roamed much of the Eurasian continent alongside the woolly ma...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...ease (CWD), which is found in both farmed and wild deer and elk in many Midwestern and Western states and parts of Canada. Although there is no evidence of transmission to humans, hunters are being warned to avoid contact with or eating the meat of animals that may be infected with CWD. Precautionary Pr......on top of the Empire State Building and spotting a deer in Maine." ...Russia- wide tiger count begins
.... Thus, an assessment of numbers of prey, such as deer and wild boar that tigers depend upon, is also built into the survey design. "Without information on the status of the prey base, we simply can't say with any certainty what the status of the tiger population is, or what the future holds," said Alexe...Wolves gone, western ecosystems suffer
...d that the loss of wolves has allowed increases in deer populations across much of North America, which led to a browsing pressure on plants that was unprecedented. Predation effects involving wolves and elk were also found in aspen growth in Jasper National Park. In Grand Teton National Park, the local...Global bird populations face dramatic decline in coming decades, study predicts
...ve been too scarce to support large populations of deer mice, the main reservoir of Lyme disease, that thrive on them today." Scavengers and insectivores More than a third of all scavengers and fish-eaters are extinction-prone, according to the study, yet little is known about the potential consequences...Vaccinating wildlife can reduce human risk for Lyme disease
...ted against Lyme disease or given a placebo. Fewer deer ticks tested positive for Lyme disease in the experimental plots where mice had been vaccinated. Fewer ticks carrying infection reduced the risk for humans getting Lyme disease from a tick bite. "Vaccinating wildlife increases our prevention optio...In wake of Lyme disease vaccine for people, mice may be next in line for shots
...potentially vaccine-caused arthritis. Reducing the deer population has proven difficult in many areas for practical and political reasons. Targeting mice is important because they are responsible for producing many infected nymphs, the young tick stage that presents the greatest health risk for pe...Blocking cell suicide switch fails to stop prion damage in mouse brains
...that rapidly devastate the brains of humans, cows, deer and sheep. In these disorders, the most infamous of which is mad cow disease, copies of a normal brain protein, PrP, fold themselves into abnormal shapes, dramatically altering the proteins' properties. Genetic mutations can increase chances that cop...Satellite data to track wildlife: Elephants in space
...on top of the Empire State Building and spotting a deer in Maine." Preliminary results of the study have left scientists hopeful that the technology can be used to monitor endangered wildlife populations that live in hard-to-reach locations, saving them time and money while saving the animals the hardship...Ecologists see the primeval wood for the trees
... aurochs (primitive cattle), tarpan (wild horses), deer and wild boar. There are no stands of primeval virgin woodland in Europe today, so ecologists analyse tree pollen, several thousands of years old, preserved in lakes and peat bogs to reconstruct primeval forest. But the analysis is open to interpre...Study: Turkey hunting most dangerous, deer hunting most deadly
...fatalities per number of injuries, was highest for deer at 10.3 percent and lowest for pheasant at 1.3 percent. Over the study period, rates decreased for deer hunters, increased for spring turkey hunters and did not change for other species. For fall turkey h...Pall prion removal technology presented to FDA blood products advisory committee
...other prion diseases, such as CWD found in elk and deer across the U.S., can also cross the species barrier to humans, as is the case with BSE in cows. "We do, however, know for certain that vCJD is a devastating, invariably fatal disease and that everything possible should be done to prevent its spread ...South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn
..., in which aquatic birds nest, while killing swamp deer and other animals. (The Pantanal's other fauna includes giant anteaters, armadillos, capybara, the Brazilian tapir and jaguar, and endangered species like the howler and capuchin monkeys, caiman, and giant black eagle.) Moreover, several large trans...Employing ecology to predict and manage emerging infectious diseases
...is regulated by the presence of blacklegged ticks, deer populations, and small mammal diversity. Managing diseases with complex lifecycles, where pathogens infect multiple host species, requires an understanding of the ecological conditions that promote or inhibit disease. One of the three conference orga...Emerging diseases require a global solution
...across continents, infecting wild bison in Canada, deer in Michigan, and Cape buffalo in South Africa. The costs of reacting to these problems, say Karesh and Cook, are staggering. The rash of livestock pathogens that have spread around the world in the last decade--a list including mad cow disease, foot...BP Conservation programme marks 15th anniversary
...ips with the communities in which they work. Marsh deer that find refuge on floating islands in Argentina, the critically endangered Philippine crocodile, and a Kenyan community that depends on the sustainable harvesting of forest products will all benefit from the work being carried out by this year's th...FSU food scientist is lead scholar in trade
...ys that detect banned ruminant proteins from cows, deer and sheep -- the main carriers of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease -- in animal feedstuffs. Undetected, adulterated MBM used in feed can infect livestock and eventually human consumers. Enlisted by the U.S. Department ...Extinct giant deer's descendant found in UK
... DNA and skeletal features to prove that the giant deer - which roamed across Europe and Siberia with preh...n with the fallow deer, one of the most widespread deer in the UK since their introduction by the Normans in the eleventh century. The results, published o......million drivers nationwide last year collided with deer on roadways around the country, and the costs rela...sin, for example, crews collected more than 48,000 deer carcasses from roadways in 2004, but drivers reported only about 19,000 location-specific deer-vehic...