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On our news tonight they had an article on ticks killing cows. Go to:
keloland.com
If you go down to popular stories you'll find Winter ticks kill cows. Click on it and there is a short video. Sorry I don't know how to post it here. They said they would have more on it later tonight.
Funny how ticks can kill cows but I'm told they can't give me lyme. Idiots!!
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lpkayak
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they say the moose in nh are dying from tecks making them anemic-but i'm pretty sure its all the bugs they are getting form the ticks...
and what is this thing called brain worm in moose
lyme well borrellia etc is a lot bigger than many think-i can't believe the cover up when it is so obvious everywhere
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Theileria is another piroplasm. It kills cows in Africa. Some scientists have proposed renaming babesia microti to theileria microti. I am not sure if the name change was agreed upon or not.
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Looks like in the first link, the cows are probably dying from an infection (which is what the article says), but in the second link about the moose, they literally get bit by so many ticks at once (thousands) that they die from loss of blood (from the ticks draining their blood).
Who knows though if the moose in the video are dying of a TBD or just of loss of blood, but the video seems to think it's the blood loss.
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i don't believe its just losing blood. just think how many coinfections...how many strains of each...just think how big this infection is. it makes me sick.i live in the north country and most ppl really believe there are no ticks there and for sure none that carry LD
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Bat Die-Off Prompts Investigation DEC Asks For Cavers' Help to Prevent Spread of "White Nose Syndrome"
Thousands of hibernating bats are dying in caves in New York and Vermont from unknown causes, prompting an investigation by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), as well as wildlife agencies and researchers around the nation.
The most obvious symptom involved in the die-off is a white fungus encircling the noses of some, but not all, of the bats. Called "white nose syndrome," the fungus is believed to be associated with the problem, but it may not necessarily contribute to the actual cause of death.
It appears that the impacted bats deplete their fat reserves months before they would normally emerge from hibernation, and die as a result.
Until researchers understand the cause and how it is spread, state environmental officials and caving organizations are asking people not to enter caves or mines with bats until further notice to avoid the possible transfer of the disease from cave to cave. Vermont officials are making a similar request.
"What we've seen so far is unprecedented,'' said Alan Hicks, DEC's bat specialist. "Most bat researchers would agree that this is the gravest threat to bats they have ever seen.
We have bat researchers, laboratories and caving groups across the country working to understand the cause of the problem and ways to contain it. Until we know more, we are asking people to stay away from known bat caves."
Bat biologists across the country are evaluating strategies to monitor the presence of the disease and collect specimens for laboratory analysis.
Biologists are taking precautions - using sanitary clothing and respirators when entering caves -- to avoid spreading the disease in the process.
Bat populations are particularly vulnerable during hibernation as they congregate in large numbers in caves - in clusters of 300 per square foot in some locations -- making them susceptible to disturbance or disease.
The vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of bats known to hibernate in New York do so in just five caves and mines. Because bats migrate as far as hundreds of miles to their summer range, impacts to hibernating bats can have significant implications for bats throughout the Northeast.
Indiana bats, a state and federally endangered species, are perhaps the most vulnerable. Half the estimated 52,000 Indiana bats that hibernate in New York are located in just one former mine - a mine that is now infected with white nose syndrome.
Eastern pipistrelle, northern long-eared and little brown bats are also dying. Little brown bats, the most common hibernating species in the state, have sustained the largest number of deaths.
DEC has been working closely with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Northeast Cave Conservancy and the National Speleological Society, along with other researchers from universities and other government agencies. DEC will provide updates as they become available.
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Why are so many people with lyme showing Low Blood volume ???
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Yuck.... That Youtube vid about ticks killing moose really squicked me out. Eeeek, showing close ups of ticks all fat and juicy with a blood meal.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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