MicheleV_AK on Nostr: UGH!!! This is just horrific! "A moose acting aggressively in a Northwest Alaska ...
UGH!!! This is just horrific!
"A moose acting aggressively in a Northwest Alaska community tested positive for rabies this month, marking the first rabid moose case detected in the state — and North America overall.
The case has prompted Alaska officials to increase rabies surveillance across a large swath of the state.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff based in the Nome area received several reports June 2 describing a moose in the community of Teller — about 70 miles northwest of Nome — with bare patches of skin that was behaving strangely and acting aggressively toward people, the department said in a statement...Fish and Game staff, after consulting with Beckmen, killed the moose that afternoon because of its aggressive behavior and signs indicative of a rabies infection...
Three days later, on June 5, the Alaska State Virology Laboratory detected the rabies virus in the moose’s brain, Fish and Game said in its statement."
#Alaska #Rabies
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/06/12/alaskas-first-ever-rabid-moose-case-prompts-higher-rabies-surveillance-in-state/
"A moose acting aggressively in a Northwest Alaska community tested positive for rabies this month, marking the first rabid moose case detected in the state — and North America overall.
The case has prompted Alaska officials to increase rabies surveillance across a large swath of the state.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff based in the Nome area received several reports June 2 describing a moose in the community of Teller — about 70 miles northwest of Nome — with bare patches of skin that was behaving strangely and acting aggressively toward people, the department said in a statement...Fish and Game staff, after consulting with Beckmen, killed the moose that afternoon because of its aggressive behavior and signs indicative of a rabies infection...
Three days later, on June 5, the Alaska State Virology Laboratory detected the rabies virus in the moose’s brain, Fish and Game said in its statement."
#Alaska #Rabies
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/06/12/alaskas-first-ever-rabid-moose-case-prompts-higher-rabies-surveillance-in-state/