The birds identified as having the disease, named plasticosis, have scarred … plastic-induced fibrosis in wild animals, researchers say.
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Wild Birds
Plasticosis: Scientists discover new plastic-caused disease in birds – Sky News
Thirty flesh-footed shearwater birds, including 21 fledglings between 80 and 90 days … Image: Tubular gland shapes in wild birds, from healthy, …
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Wild and Wonderful Animals at the Port | Port of Seattle
Did you know SEA Airport was the first in the country to have a wildlife biologist on staff? The wildlife management team rehomes these birds and …
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Egg prices increased 70% over the last year—here’s why – CNBC
The avian flu virus can be spread by wild birds mingling with poultry flocks, but also through contaminated clothing and equipment.
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Farmers’ role in helping to conserve wild birds – Isle of Man Today
The Manx Ringing Group and Manx Wildlife Trust (MWT) have teamed up with local farmers to study an elusive farmland bird using new thermal imaging …
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First Argentina avian flu outbreak leaves 190,000 dead | WATTPoultry – WATTAgNet
Previous cases involved wild birds and backyard flocks … 9,000 birds had already died of HPAI, and the remaining 181,000 were culled.
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New disease caused by plastic pollution found in birds for first time | The Independent
Scientists have found a new disease in wild birds caused solely by … the persistent inflammation scars and deforms the tissue and the birds …
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Cambodia says 2 recent bird flu cases did not spread human-to-human | CBC News
Global bird populations are being ravaged by a deadly strain of avian flu, wiping out flocks of domestic poultry and killing wild birds.
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A bald eagle, gone too soon. Wildlife center reports death of MK
She is the second bird within two weeks thought to have been poisoned by eating prey contaminated with SGARS. Last week, rescuers captured a sick owl …
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70 rare birds are the stars of a new immersive exhibit opening at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans
They are extinct in the wild. The bird was almost wiped out by tree snakes brought to Guam during WWII for rat control, and by the late 1980s the …
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