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Article: FIRST WEST NILE VIRUS CASE IN SAGE GROUSE IN OREGON
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 21, 2006
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following news release:
Three sage grouse found dead in Malheur County have been confirmed to be infected with West Nile Virus, the first diagnosis of the disease in sage grouse in Oregon.
The dead sage grouse were reported by a private landowner near Burns Junction and investigated by ODFW and U.S. Geological Survey biologists, who found three fresh sage grouse mortalities, more than 60 decomposed sage grouse and one sick northern harrier. The three sage grouse samples and the northern harrier were tested at the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. and confirmed positive for the disease.
A team of ...