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Article: GREATER SAGE GROUSE TEST POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS IN COLORADO
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 6, 2006
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The Colorado Department of Natural Resources' Division of Wildlife issued the following press release:
The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has confirmed that four greater sage grouse found dead in northwest Colorado died from West Nile Virus. "It wasn't a surprise because scientifically we were aware that grouse are susceptible to West Nile Virus," said DOW sage grouse researcher Tony Apa. "The virus had been discovered in other states, but up until now the grouse in Colorado have been fairly lucky." Previously, only one other greater sage grouse in Colorado was a confirmed victim of the virus. That bird was found dead in 2004 in the Eagle South Routt population. Apa and his team of ...