GAME COMMISSION SETS INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON EHD OUTBREAK
Pennsylvania Game Commission Southwest Region Director Matthew Hough today announced the agency would hold an informational meeting at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 28, at the Waynesburg Fairgrounds Auction Building, Greene County, to provide the public with an update on the current outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in the southwestern part of the state. In addition to Southwest Region agency personnel, Dr. Walter Cottrell, Game Commission wildlife veterinarian, will be on hand to present information and answer questions about EHD and on the current outbreak.
Additionally, to provide the public with more information about EHD, the agency has posted an EHD fact sheet on its website (
www.pgc.state.pa.us). The website also chronicles the agency's news releases issued about this outbreak since Aug. 27.
GAME COMMISSION RELEASES RESULTS OF DAUPHIN COUNTY BIRD DEATHS
Dr. Walter Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian, today announced that the test results from five tree swallows and a purple martin confirm that the birds died of starvation and environmental exposure.
"These birds were found to be in generally good body condition, but they had no food in their crops or gizzards, and their intestines had less content than would be expected," Dr. Cottrell said. "The birds had no significant lesions, but it appears that they had not been eating for a day or two."
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=172462
