LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T21:12:01Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:4E5C0143-68BA-4D86-B49C-AB8A686E83F2Mystery invertebrate in a red crab2024-02-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Nome, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 13, 2024</p><p>A crab was caught on the ice just offshore in Nome. It had a small invertebrate in the gills of the crab.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7FECC117-2BA7-4502-AE88-257B78EE2B3B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4E5C0143-68BA-4D86-B49C-AB8A686E83F2'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.5106431684668 -165.432303909707uuid:D5C5FAF4-C6D3-4106-9A9F-BC5FE6191B8DKenai Peninsula man is the first person to die of Alaskapox virus2024-02-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kenai, Alaska, United States</h3><p>February 9, 2024</p><p>An immunocompromised man from Kenai Peninsula is the first known fatality from the Alaskapox virus, a rare zoonotic disease primarily transmitted through animal contact.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4482621E-B966-49B2-95EE-72250DA9707D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D5C5FAF4-C6D3-4106-9A9F-BC5FE6191B8D'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.55444 -151.25833uuid:BD38B673-1881-482B-9EB8-EB1C76F2ECAAFirst deer with Chronic Wasting Disease found in B.C 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>February 1, 2024</p><p>The first known cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia have been discovered in two deer in the Kootenays. Officials have been keeping an eye on the southeastern area of B.C. for some time, as nearby outbreaks have occurred in Alberta, Montana and Idaho. The two recent positive samples came from an area south of Cranbrook.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C5521E44-003E-4854-B085-2A29753AE8F3'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BD38B673-1881-482B-9EB8-EB1C76F2ECAA'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.49991 -115.76879uuid:ACF776D8-4291-4A74-86B8-2AA09B08AB64Tick carrying Lyme disease bacteria found on dog in N.W.T. 2023-12-14T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada</h3><p>December 14, 2023</p><p>A Lyme disease-carrying tick was found on a dog in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., with uncertainty about whether the tick originated locally or from a southern province.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/E77427A1-6356-4EFA-9CE2-D8B4CD621CB0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/ACF776D8-4291-4A74-86B8-2AA09B08AB64'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.863143 -121.354276uuid:0F8EC58E-0673-46F5-9957-2FB8FDBFE7A2Kodiak dog tests positive for canine distemper2023-12-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Kodiak, Alaska, United States</h3><p>December 7, 2023</p><p>A dog at the Kodiak Animal Shelter was euthanized after testing positive for canine distemper, leading to a quarantine and a halt on adoptions.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/0CF53D06-C91A-490F-812F-B9D558585751'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/0F8EC58E-0673-46F5-9957-2FB8FDBFE7A2'>Read more...</a></p></div>57.79 -152.40722uuid:3EE28B69-5AFB-4533-9E74-5CEFE75DEF5B250,000 birds euthanized in Petaluma due to bird flu2023-12-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Petaluma, California, United States</h3><p>December 5, 2023</p><p> Avian influenza or “bird flu” is hitting Bay Area poultry farms hard, with a quarter of a million birds euthanized in Sonoma County this week alone. Mike Weber, the co-owner of Sunrise Farms in Petaluma, says around 82,000 of his egg-laying chickens had to be euthanized after birds started testing positive for avian flu.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C198D3A4-498C-404B-90AE-A922FCDF45D7'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/3EE28B69-5AFB-4533-9E74-5CEFE75DEF5B'>Read more...</a></p></div>38.23242 -122.63665uuid:DF176F97-2225-43A7-AFBE-10212713FB90How Alaska wildlife officials saved a humpback whale found 'hogtied' to a 300-pound crab pot2023-11-06T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Gustavus, Alaska, United States</h3><p>November 6, 2023</p><p>Alaska wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to successfully rescue a humpback whale that was entangled in crabbing gear off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska, preventing it from dying.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/53783886-71AC-4026-B1DF-9C711A1F329A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/DF176F97-2225-43A7-AFBE-10212713FB90'>Read more...</a></p></div>58.41333 -135.73694uuid:22D9076B-16F1-46E4-9797-7B8AF3215C66Stanley declared a temporary control zone as first case of avian flu confirmed2023-11-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Stanley, Falkland Islands</h3><p>November 3, 2023</p><p>Stanley, Falkland Islands, establishes a temporary control zone following the confirmation of its first avian flu case.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/29587CA6-CCAD-4BDD-9B37-709629502BBB'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/22D9076B-16F1-46E4-9797-7B8AF3215C66'>Read more...</a></p></div>-51.7 -57.85uuid:AD5B9C70-D6D2-4B8C-B46C-783A0FD02123Sea Lice Outbreak Claims At Least 1 Million Salmon in Tálknafjörður2023-11-02T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Talknafjordur, Westfjords, Iceland</h3><p>November 2, 2023</p><p>An unprecedented outbreak of sea lice in Tálknafjörður has led to the loss, or the need to dispose of, at least one million salmon. “Nobody has seen anything like this before. There is a Norwegian veterinarian who has been working in Iceland because of this and he has never seen anything like this in his 30-year career,” Karl Steinar observed.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D934C7E6-B60E-45AB-8420-6B1A5B2B716B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/AD5B9C70-D6D2-4B8C-B46C-783A0FD02123'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.62648 -23.8246uuid:71503D1B-9D4D-4EA7-9F0D-847E732B9CD6Rabid skunk in Cambridge triggers public health wildlife warning 2023-10-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cambridge, Ontario, Canada</h3><p>October 26, 2023</p><p>A rabid skunk in Cambridge, Ontario has prompted a public health warning to avoid contact with wildlife, as one person has already been exposed and received medical attention.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C1506917-9DC8-48FC-9004-626A1254CEEB'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/71503D1B-9D4D-4EA7-9F0D-847E732B9CD6'>Read more...</a></p></div>43.3601 -80.31269uuid:090F93B2-FB98-47F9-8CB8-BE5546B95B20Avian flu detected on poultry farm in Chilliwack, B.C. 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada</h3><p>October 23, 2023</p><p>The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been detected on a poultry farm in Chilliwack, British Columbia, marking the first confirmed case in the province this fall and prompting increased precautions among poultry farmers.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/CC1B4FE0-FBA3-49FA-9C15-16397D5823B0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/090F93B2-FB98-47F9-8CB8-BE5546B95B20'>Read more...</a></p></div>49.16638 -121.95257uuid:4FB3E4CD-D380-4446-A7DE-3B0BBF8FCEF9Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed in Pocahontas and Guthrie counties: No public health concern, says CDC2023-10-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Iowa, United States</h3><p>October 23, 2023</p><p>Two cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) have been confirmed in Pocahontas and Guthrie counties in Iowa, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that there is no public health concern.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/F7ED2DD6-EAE0-416E-A42C-CAC9A26C085D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4FB3E4CD-D380-4446-A7DE-3B0BBF8FCEF9'>Read more...</a></p></div>42.0869507820775 -93.4967816941637uuid:54B72E49-18BD-4989-A0A4-6C4C01E3ED3BOutbreak of avian flu on Hopen 2023-10-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen</h3><p>October 13, 2023</p><p>There have been similar, even larger outbreaks of avian flue in seabird colonies in north Norway. In some cases, the losses were dramatic and major fractions of the colonies were wiped out. In Spitsbergen, avian flu was found for the first time in 2002, but the recent outbreak on Hopen is the largest one so far.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/31EEEFC1-C964-4E43-AA20-6A151842EA8B'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/54B72E49-18BD-4989-A0A4-6C4C01E3ED3B'>Read more...</a></p></div>78.2231558 15.6463656uuid:8EE423B8-56DB-4E06-A872-D90E5C58332519 cases of avian flu identified in Dillingham2023-10-11T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Dillingham, Alaska, United States</h3><p>October 11, 2023</p><p>In Dillingham, Alaska, 19 cases of avian flu have been identified in common murres, with the virus still present in wild birds and genetic testing being conducted to determine if it is a new strain or a strain circulating in North America.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DED5EB00-44AC-4638-AF94-86B8F70EE791'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/8EE423B8-56DB-4E06-A872-D90E5C583325'>Read more...</a></p></div>59.03972 -158.4575uuid:CED68002-39D3-409D-9153-39B849FD4FF8Thousands of Utah turkeys die after being infected with avian flu in Sanpete County2023-10-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Salt Lake City, Utah, United States</h3><p>October 9, 2023</p><p>Thousands of turkeys in Sanpete County, Utah, have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza, leading to the quarantine and depopulation of the affected farm, with concerns about the potential impact on turkey sales during the upcoming holiday season.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7456C8BC-E379-4028-8217-81D98DDC070A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/CED68002-39D3-409D-9153-39B849FD4FF8'>Read more...</a></p></div>40.76078 -111.89105uuid:959B6C8E-86E7-4F99-A6D8-157537795057Cambodia records 2nd death from H5N1 bird flu so far this year2023-10-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Cambodia</h3><p>October 9, 2023</p><p>A 50-year-old man in Cambodia has died from H5N1 bird flu, marking the second death from the virus in the country this year. Prior to his death about 50 chickens had died and were shared with neighbors to eat. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B26A9EF6-FC86-4597-8AA1-4EC16BDBA203'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/959B6C8E-86E7-4F99-A6D8-157537795057'>Read more...</a></p></div>12.4576331842438 104.923981338048uuid:45B1BE7C-D074-48F2-8A30-A21BABA07447New disease caught in time2023-10-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Saskatchewan, Canada</h3><p>October 7, 2023</p><p>Canadian veterinarians identified and managed a new disease, sapovirus, in piglets before it could cause a widespread outbreak, thanks to their rapid response and collaboration.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/05D71A43-47D7-49F7-9D4B-D6D6E693CB10'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/45B1BE7C-D074-48F2-8A30-A21BABA07447'>Read more...</a></p></div>53.9090049394528 -106.133621976598uuid:E0209CED-C372-45B8-806B-9BD98528B120Rare Bird Flu Detected in Eagle and Eider Duck2023-10-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Barðaströnd</h3><p>October 5, 2023</p><p>Samples taken from a white-tailed eagle found dead on a skerry near Barðaströnd in the Westfjords in mid-September tested positive for a severe bird flu virus of the strain HPAI H4N5. An eider duck that was found dead in Ólafsfjörður, West Iceland recently was infected with the same strain of bird flu virus. The strain has not been detected in Iceland before and is not common.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D82F6A29-0BB5-4359-9185-B8AC6A93DA45'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/E0209CED-C372-45B8-806B-9BD98528B120'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.4860059618877 -23.5434798597005uuid:529625DC-1D5D-46BD-9C5D-60DAA87410C9H5 avian influenza detected for the first time in elephant seals 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut Province, Argentina</h3><p>September 13, 2023</p><p>NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa) confirmed new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 detected in marine mammals in Comodoro Rivadavia, Rada Tilly and Punta Tombo, Chubut. The agency’s National Laboratory diagnosed new samples positive for the disease, which were taken from sea lions and elephant seals found dead in the aforementioned places. Based on notification, […]</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/02FB4C28-A68F-40C9-A697-D55C53A6D618'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/529625DC-1D5D-46BD-9C5D-60DAA87410C9'>Read more...</a></p></div>-45.86413 -67.49656uuid:87156AEB-ECD7-4C20-988D-448B6453F524First case of African swine fever confirmed in Sweden2023-09-07T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T21:12:01ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Fagersta, Västmanland, Sweden</h3><p>September 7, 2023</p><p>African swine fever is harmless to humans but deadly to pigs and wild boars. An outbreak in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia this summer has led farmers there to cull thousands of animals.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D8882C64-1DFE-433D-9861-B8890E799B4C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/87156AEB-ECD7-4C20-988D-448B6453F524'>Read more...</a></p></div>60.00418 15.79316