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I thought it sounded a bit far-fetched, to say the least, but 
apparently these reptiles came in from Florida. I could probably find 
the reference if I looked, but it's a bit of a tempest in a croc-pot.

Maryanne

On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 04:09 PM, Truman Prevatt wrote:

> Tracking animals in the wild is quite common and at least one 
> satellite based tracking system is used (ARGOS) in this effort by US 
> Fish and Wildlife. I suspect that we will have some sort of tracking 
> system for domastic animals since the technology is here. Given more 
> international movement of livestock (and people) it is only a matter 
> of time until "new" diseases start showing up like WNV did in the US 
> about six years ago. There are a lot of nasty things out there that we 
> don't have to worry with in the US, e.g. African horse sickness and 
> I'd like to keep it that way or if it does get in to be able to 
> rapidly identify the source and the contacts a.s.a.p. so it could be 
> isolated and kept from spreading.
>
> Alligators are cold blooded. I don't think the WNV will live in cold 
> blooded animals so this may just be a Crock ;-).
>
> Truamn
>
> Maryanne Stroud Gabbani wrote:
>
> > There is currently a watch on deer and elk in the US and Canada who 
> > are victims of a cervid version of mad cow disease, Cervid Wasting 
> > Disease.  It's been tracked back to a commercial elk business, but 
> > this kind of tracking would be easier with some kind of system in 
> > place. Likewise, they've had to backtrack those alligators in Idaho 
> > (?) who had WNV.  Trying to keep a country free of disease is hard 
> > work...I think, on the whole, I'm rather glad that we just live with 
> > our bugs.
> >
> > Maryanne
> > in cold but buggy Cairo (well, it's cold for us)
>
>
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