Sentences with phrase «wildlife reservoirs of»

In other parts of the country, bats, skunks and foxes are the wildlife reservoir of rabies.

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[241] The attractions and major tourist destinations of Ghana include a warm, tropical climate year - round; diverse wildlife; exotic waterfalls such as Kintampo Waterfalls and the largest waterfall in west Africa, Wli Waterfalls; Ghana's coastal palm - lined sandy beaches; caves; mountains, rivers; meteorite impact crater and reservoirs and lakes such as Lake Bosumtwi or Bosumtwi meteorite crater and the largest man - made lake in the world by surface area, Lake Volta; dozens of castles and forts; UNESCO World Heritage Sites; nature reserves and national parks.

Seven new pathogens are identified worldwide each year, and this is predicted to reach 15 - 20 every year by 2020 because of increased human contact with wildlife species that are potential reservoirs of disease.

The disease enters herds through the shipping of undiagnosed cattle, and from badgers, which are the main reservoir of the disease in wildlife.

The new evidence suggests repeated climate - driven re-introductions of the bacterium Yersinia pestis via the Silk Road system into European harbors from wildlife rodent reservoirs in Asian plague foci, with a delay of 10 - 15 years after pluvial periods that affected large parts of central Asia.

To develop and pilot early detection of surveillance of emerging zoonoses from the wildlife reservoir through strategic sampling and metagenomic analysis.

Without direction, these estimates are less informative but taken in conjunction with the low prevalence of bTB in New Zealand's cattle population it is likely that, currently, wildlife populations are acting as the main bTB reservoir.

Rabies is usually transmitted by bite wounds, often from infected wildlife, which represent the largest reservoir of the disease in the United States.

In the U.S., wildlife species such as raccoons, skunks, foxes, mongooses, and bats are endemically infected with rabies and serve as a continuous reservoir of infection for domestic species and people.

Metzger said Florida is an endemic state because of the reservoir of the rabies virus in the wildlife and because of the number of raccoons, prime carriers.

Canine vaccinations have significantly reduced endemics of canine distemper, hepatitis and parvovirus but NOT in wildlife reservoirs.

We joke here that the mosquito is really the state bird instead of the beautiful Yellowhammer and we also have populations of feral dogs and coyotes that serve as wildlife reservoirs for heartworm disease.

A decade of controversy after Winkler wrote, the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians conceded in the 1994 edition of their annual Compendium of Animal Rabies Control that «Continuous and persistent government - funded programs for trapping or poisoning wildlife are not cost effective in reducing wildlife rabies reservoirs on a statewide basis.»

The FWCC itself acknowledges the following: cats are the most common carriers of rabies among domestic animals, and can transmit rabies to wildlife such as raccoons, skunks an foxes; feline leukemia virus, a leading cause of death due to infectious disease in cats, has been reported in a mountain lion, a close relative of the endangered Florida panther; domestic cats were identified as one possible reservoir host for feline panleukopenia, which has been discovered in the Florida panther.

The reservoir has a natural wealth of flora and fauna and is home to many species of birds and wildlife.

Whether you fancy a gentle stroll around one of our picturesque reservoirs or a more adventurous jog or maybe just want to fish and enjoy the various wildlife that make the reservoirs their home, both sites offer free access all year round to the general public.

People, animals, and livestock on the U.S. side of the wall would not be able to reach the river, its water, recreation areas, reservoirs, or wildlife.

A short list of the areas where development is prohibited includes: areas adjacent to ground and surface water reservoirs and tributaries; mature forests; wildlife habitat; connecting zones; areas containing gravel, sand or limestone; and — just in case anything was missed by that wide net — areas where agricultural land predominates.