Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Mystery disease killing off wombats
AFP
May 15 2012 at 10:45am
A mystery liver disease thought to be caused by introduced weeds is causing hairy-nosed wombats in southern Australia to go bald and die, researchers said on Tuesday.
The illness, which causes the wombat to lose some or all of its fur and then starve to death, is tearing through South Australia's native southern hairy-nosed wombats, threatening entire populations.
Peter Clements from the state's Natural History Society said wildlife rescue workers had discovered “several hundred” sickened animals in the Murraylands region near Adelaide, where up to 85 percent of the population was unwell.
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http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/mystery-disease-killing-off-wombats-1.1296808
AFP
May 15 2012 at 10:45am
A mystery liver disease thought to be caused by introduced weeds is causing hairy-nosed wombats in southern Australia to go bald and die, researchers said on Tuesday.
The illness, which causes the wombat to lose some or all of its fur and then starve to death, is tearing through South Australia's native southern hairy-nosed wombats, threatening entire populations.
Peter Clements from the state's Natural History Society said wildlife rescue workers had discovered “several hundred” sickened animals in the Murraylands region near Adelaide, where up to 85 percent of the population was unwell.
...
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/mystery-disease-killing-off-wombats-1.1296808