Wednesday, 25 January 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Australia: (TS) endangered parrot

P. aeruginosa -- Australia
For the 2nd time in a year there has been a spate of deaths in the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot population at a captive breeding centre in Hobart [Tasmania].
A common bacteria variety has killed up to 16 birds in the past month from a population of 136 at the Taroona facility.
In January last year [2016], rats got in and killed 14 parrots, which was described as "deeply disturbing" by the then federal environment minister Greg Hunt.
In 2013, a cat breached a perimeter

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2jSg3iM

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