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Summit Daily: Scientists found ‘staggering disease’ in a Colorado mountain lion. A mysterious affliction is also making Florida panthers limp.
The Colorado mountain lion euthanized last year is the only case of staggering disease that has been identified in North America to date. But Colorado State University and Colorado Parks and Wildlife veterinarians say they are looking carefully for new cases.
Denver Post: Colorado mountain lion confirmed as first North American case of fatal staggering disease
A sick mountain lion euthanized by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials in Douglas County last year was the first confirmed case of staggering disease in North America. Colorado scientists don’t yet know how widespread the virus is in domestic cats or wildlife, said Colorado State University research scientist Karen Fox, the study’s lead author and former CPW wildlife pathologist.
Denver 7: Polis declares disaster emergency after bird flu outbreak at Weld County commercial egg facility
Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency following the latest avian flu outbreak at a commercial egg facility in Weld County. In neighboring Larimer County, the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories at Colorado State University (CSU) tests all animal samples from Colorado, meaning it discovered the most recent avian flu outbreak in Weld County.