Monday, January 9, 2012
Montana Outdoors: EHD Hammers...
...whitetails along a 100 mile stretch of the Milk River between Malta and east of Glasgow...Biologists estimate about 90 % mortality and predict the recovery will take years. This comes on the heels of the heavy losses of mule and whitetail deer and pronghorn following last year's devastating winter and record spring floods.
Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, EHD, is transmitted by biting midges. Results in internal bleeding that can kill infected animals within just a few days.
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