Aspergillosis -- New Zealand
An unprecedented disease outbreak has pushed the critically endangered kakapo, the world's fattest parrot, closer to extinction, New Zealand scientists said Thursday [13 Jun 2019]. One of the last kakapo populations on remote Codfish Island has been hit with a fungal respiratory disease called aspergillosis, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said.
The DOC said 36 of the parrots were receiving treatment and 7 had died, including 2 adults -- a huge loss for a species that has fewer than
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6520695&promed&0
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