Article: Four sage grouse died of West Nile virus, wildlife officials confirm.(News)

Article: Biologists confirm case of West Nile virus in ...
Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho);  August 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... tested positive for West Nile Virus, biologists ... northern Nevada sage grouse, a sensitive ... susceptible to West Nile. As the summer heats up, sage grouse are attracted ... Documenting West Nile in sage grouse, however, could ...

Article: FISH AND GAME MONITORS SAGE GROUSE FOR WEST ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 1, 2006 ;     529 words ... ... This year, sage grouse deaths from West Nile virus have been ... tested positive for West Nile. In addition, 16 sage grouse on the Duck Valley ... numbers of dead sage grouse in Owyhee County ... susceptible to West Nile, including crows ...

Article: Sick Sage Grouse Hit Hard By Virus: Birds have zero ...
Outdoor Life;  December 1, 2004 ;     620 words ... ... pose a particular threat to sage grouse throughout the West ... laboratory inoculation of West Nile that if sage grouse get it, even in the remotest ... realizing the threat that West Nile posed to sage grouse when the birds radio-collared ...

Article: GREATER SAGE GROUSE TEST POSITIVE FOR WEST ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... four greater sage grouse found dead ... Colorado died from West Nile Virus. "It ... susceptible to West Nile Virus," said DOW sage grouse researcher ... mortalities. West Nile Virus has also ... in greater sage grouse populations ...

Article: FIRST WEST NILE VIRUS CASE IN SAGE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 21, 2006 ;     525 words ... ... release: Three sage grouse found dead in Malheur ... be infected with West Nile Virus, the first ... of the disease in sage grouse in Oregon. The ... time. Since 2003, West Nile Virus has been detected in sage grouse in Wyoming, Colorado ...

Article: WEST NILE VIRUS FOUND IN MORE SAGE ...
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  November 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Last August three sage grouse in Campbell County ... positive for the West Nile virus. Since then, a total of 22 sage grouse tested at the Wyoming ... With 85 total West Nile detections, it ... 151 detections. Sage grouse aren't the only ...

Article: WYOMINGITES ASKED TO SUBMIT DEAD SAGE GROUSE FOR ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 14, 2006 ;     554 words ... ... immediately reporting dead sage grouse so they can be tested for West Nile Virus. Past research has shown sage grouse have low resistance to the ... lead to higher numbers of sage grouse being infected with West Nile. "Testing the birds will ...