Entries Tagged wildlife diseases

The country’s worst outbreak of avian flu in years is showing up in mammals, including a black bears and mountain lion in Colorado.

Distemper is one of the most common diseases affecting canines and some wildlife species including coyotes and foxes.

Mange takes its toll on canines, but now it’s also showing up in bears. Researchers are studying what's going on with this disease in coyotes, bears and other wild animals.

Idaho Fish and Game has confirmed a case of Treponema Associated Hoof Disease in an elk killed by a hunter in 2018. It's the first animal diagnosed in the state with the disease.

EHD and blue tongue disease in whitetails are transmitted by biting insects that often live near water.

The disease, known as bluetongue, has killed mostly white-tailed deer but has also infected mule deer and one bighorn sheep in Idaho.

Missouri deer hunters remember days when they could pick and choose the deer they wanted to shoot. Now, they're lucky just to see deer. Any deer, let alone a big buck.

The recent deaths of hundreds of whitetail deer west of Missoula were caused by epizootic hemorrhagic disease.

State officials have been receiving reports of epizootic hemorrhagic disease deaths in the southwestern part of the state, and the 1,000 doe licenses still available will not be issued.