tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330254593766950261.post3030303582186907358..comments2024-03-18T07:09:40.210-07:00Comments on THE FARMER'S STAND: Canada Geese invasionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330254593766950261.post-21367652122508851192015-01-19T10:22:58.130-08:002015-01-19T10:22:58.130-08:00http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwdp/Pub...http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwdp/Publications/10pubs/Swallow%20et%20al%202010.pdf<br /><br />According to USDA Wildlife services Canada geese excrete 1-3 lbs of excrement daily.Barbara Johnstone Grimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337111427764535495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330254593766950261.post-10049979133832285972013-07-26T12:47:19.703-07:002013-07-26T12:47:19.703-07:00So, geese are not a health hazard, there are human...So, geese are not a health hazard, there are humane effective methods to stabilize and manage their population, and you farmers can buy some herd dogs to protect your crops. Really...at least one third of the food produced gets thrown out in the trash every year anyhow. Protecting your crops with trained dogs should just be part of doing business. The rest of us would like to see our wildlife treated humanely and not all killed for human interests which are a bit out of control these days. amberwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128556542777285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330254593766950261.post-6374035023566319272013-07-26T12:44:34.093-07:002013-07-26T12:44:34.093-07:00MEDIA RELEASE: Egg Addling Controls Goose Po...MEDIA RELEASE: Egg Addling Controls Goose Population<br /><br />“In a continued effort to control the Canada Goose population in the Okanagan Valley, the Okanagan Valley Goose Management Program is about to begin its annual egg addling program. Over the PAST SIX YEARS, this program has prevented the exponential increase of the non-migratory resident goose population that inhabits the valley all year long………Since the program began in 2007, approximately 7,700 EGGS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM HATCHING THROUGH THIS MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH…. ….In order for the program to succeed, new nests need to be identified. The PUBLIC IS ASKED TO REPORT lone geese, pairs of geese or nest locations on private or public land.”<br /><br />http://www.okanagangooseplan.com/?p=270<br /><br />In addition to ground surveys, aerial surveys were conducted in 2007 and 2011 to estimate the number of geese residing in the Okanagan Valley and to determine what proportion of the population were hatched that year. THE CANADA GOOSE POPULATION APPEARS TO HAVE STABILIZED THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.<br /><br />http://www.okanagangooseplan.com/?cat=6<br /><br />GOOSE STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN.<br /><br />http://www.okanagangooseplan.com/files/OVGMP_Strategy_Action%20Plan_2006.pdf<br /><br />amberwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128556542777285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330254593766950261.post-70906300621865163332013-07-26T12:41:51.853-07:002013-07-26T12:41:51.853-07:00According to state and university public health ex...According to state and university public health experts including the New Jersey Department of Health, goose feces are fairly innocuous, posing little or no health risks to humans. <br /><br />Dr. Timothy Ford, professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and author of "Microbiological Safety of Drinking Water: United States and Global Perspective 1999," states: "Numbers of Cryptosporidium oocysts associated with Canada geese and waterfowl in general are likely to be minimal, unimportant relative to the potential for oocysts shed from other forms of wildlife and humans. IN MY MIND THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT THE CANADA GOOSE WILL EVER BE A MAJOR ROUTE OF INFECTION. TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE IS UTTERLY LUDICROUS AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME<br /> <br />And David S. Adam, Coordinator of Health Projects, Vector Control, Infectious and Zoonotic Disease Program for the State of New Jersey Department of Health, writes: "Giardia lamblia, as well as Cryptosporidium, is most commonly transmitted to humans by person-to-person fecal-oral contamination or by water fecally contaminated by humans or other mammals. Infection is usually asymptomatic with children infected more frequently than adults, often in the day-care setting. In summary, the role of Canada geese in the transmission of Cryptospordium or Giardia to humans is not well established, BUT APPEARS TO BE SMALL COMPARED WITH OTHER MODES OF TRANSMISSION.”<br /><br /> Mr. Adams adds that CANADA GEESE HAVE BEEN WRONGLY BLAMED FOR BEACH CLOSINGS: "A number of beach closings including several in New Jersey have been attributed to this cause [high fecal coliform counts attributed to Canada geese]. However, research on this subject (including surveillance conducted in New Jersey) has usually found VERY LOW LEVELS OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, such as Salmonella sp., in the feces of waterfowl NOT EXPOSED TO HUMAN SEWAGE EFFLUENT.”<br /><br /> Dr. Milton Friend, former director, Wildlife Research Center Water Fowl Disease U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is adamant: "On occasion we have been wading in that stuff [feces], dead birds up to our elbows... THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DOCUMENTED CASE OF ANY OF US COMING DOWN WITH ANY KIND OF A DISEASE PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THE CANADA GOOSE...WE DO NOT HAVE A HUMAN HEALTH SITUATION, NOT IN THE URBAN GOOSE, NOT IN THE WILD GOOSE, and not in the captive geese that we have also worked with. We do have a lot of diseases out there that can affect people. MOST OF THEM COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND DO NOT COME FROM THE CANADA GOOSE AND I’LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.”<br /> <br />Giardia sp., is common throughout the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that prevalence is higher in areas of poor sanitation and in institutions where children are not toilet-trained. The CDC lists "institutions and day-care centers as the principle mode of spread. " Principle reservoirs are listed as "humans, possibly beaver and domestic animals" -- geese aren't even mentioned. <br /><br /><br />amberwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128556542777285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330254593766950261.post-60858688652711490852013-07-26T12:40:58.901-07:002013-07-26T12:40:58.901-07:00Well it is simply not true Canada geese 'depos...Well it is simply not true Canada geese 'deposit 2-3 lbs. of fecal material. I will also point out their poop is about the same ratio of nitrogen/phosophorus as is in fertilizer farmers buy to spread on their land. So why don't you take advantage of the free fertilizer?<br /><br />"A Canada goose does not drop a pound of excrement a day. In a study conducted by Dr. Bruce Manny, research fishery biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, the average goose produces 0.3432 pounds (5.49 ounces) of wet droppings per day. At 21.04 percent solids in the average goose dropping, this amount of wet droppings is equivalent to 0.0722 pounds (1.15 ounces) of dry droppings per day."<br /><br />It is also NOT true their poop is a health hazard unless your immune system is compromised and you chow down on poop that happens to contain pathogens. <br /><br />If people worry about geese as a health hazard..they really should look at DOGS and other domestic animals as well as water borne diseases in public swimming pools, water parks, hot tubs, hospitals, and daycares. Then the goose hazard diminishes hugely with some perspective. <br /><br />It is my experience that people who whine about geese don't have a lot of facts. <br /><br />Environment Canada's Canadian Wildlife Service<br /><br />Do goose droppings pose a danger to human health?<br /><br />EC-CWS worked with wildlife disease experts at the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre to review the diseases carried by and affecting Canada Geese, and their implications for human and animal health. There is no direct evidence that goose droppings pose a danger to human health, and the review concluded that there is not enough data to conduct a meaningful risk assessment. They found large gaps in most of the important factors which are key to determining risk; most importantly, there is virtually no information on the frequency or probability with which pathogens are transmitted from geese to people or livestock. The report is available on CCWHC’s website.<br /><br />http://www.ec.gc.ca/mbc-com/default.asp?lang=En&n=98A918B1-1<br /><br /><br />amberwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128556542777285597noreply@blogger.com