A virus spread by tiny biting midges is suspected in more than 1,800 deer deaths in southeastern Wisconsin, and has now been detected in a dairy herd.
|Articles|December 13, 2009
2009 Year in Review: An unwanted horse epidemic
2009 Year in Review
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Estimated in the tens of thousands, an unprecedented abandonment of horses was blamed on the recession. Some of the same abandonment problems were reported for companion animals as home foreclosures increased in early 2009. Go to
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The first survey of parasite control on bison ranches shows most herds are dewormed on a schedule, with little testing to see whether they need it. Researchers say the habit could make resistance harder to manage.
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