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Article: WYOMINGITES ASKED TO SUBMIT DEAD SAGE GROUSE FOR WEST NILE TESTING
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 14, 2006
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The Wyoming Department of Game and Fish issued the following news release:
All Wyomingites, especially landowners, are being asked to assist in the management of the state's trademark sage grouse populations by 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 disease and is usually fatal to the birds.
Tom Christiansen, the Game and Fish Department's sage grouse coordinator, said this year's warm temperatures might fuel virus production in mosquitoes, which might lead to higher numbers of sage grouse being infected with West Nile.
"Testing the birds will help us monitor the scope and impact of ...