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Farm-Raised Alligators Tested for West Nile

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Posted by: PHFlea at Tue May 20 18:09:43 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHFlea ]  
   

"Three farm-raised gators tested positive in 2002.



Six months after University of Florida researchers announced the discovery of West Nile in farm-raised reptiles, state wildlife scientists have begun hunting for the deadly virus in Florida's wild alligator populations.



The effort, a collaborative study between university scientists, alligator experts at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and other agencies, will aim to establish an alligator "blood bank" to identify, catalogue and track potential threats from the disease to reptiles - and humans - statewide."
West Nile Testing in Farm-Raised Alligators


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