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Friday, 18 July 2008 |
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HAMBURG, N.Y. - Environmental officials are looking into whether a botulism outbreak is to blame for the deaths of large numbers of fish and mudpuppies in Lake Erie.
Smallmouth bass, catfish and sheephead, along with mudpuppies, an aquatic salamander, are washing ashore at four western New York locations: Point Gratiot, Sunset Bay, Evangola State Park and Sturgeon Point. Department of Environmental Conservation authorities say they suspect Type E botulism poisoning.
A bacterium common in the environment produces the toxin under some conditions.
There have been no reports of any human illnesses.
The same strain of botulism has affected fish and birds in Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, as well as Lake Erie, in recent years.
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