Wildlife

Outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has produced more than 8,500 confirmed deer deaths in Michigan, USA this year.

Disease

Biologists are working to contain an outbreak of avian botulism that has killed at least 2,000 birds in the North Portland wetlands, Oregon, USA.

100 whitetail deer have died near Janesville, in southern Wisconsin, USA in recent weeks from epizootic hemorrhagic disease.

Health officials in northern India report that a serious outbreak of Japanese encephalitis has infected hundreds of children. The viral brain disease, which can cause permanent disabilities and sometimes death, is a common seasonal disease in Asia.

Disease

An outbreak of epizootic haemorrhagic disease among the deer population in southern Michigan, USA is killing the animals in large numbers. The disease is spread by small flies that bite the deer.

A mutated strain of bird flu has jumped species, killing 162 seals along the New England, USA coast between last September and December.