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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Wild Birds
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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Bald eagles hit hard by bird flu outbreak – Axios
H5N1 has killed thousands of wild birds across the U.S. and other countries between 2021 and 2o23, as well as millions of domesticated birds.
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Flamingos’ day out: Why the Houston Zoo’s flock got to leave their habitat – Chron
The wild birds were moved to a temporary new home on Tuesday as they await the opening of the zoo’s Birds of the World exhibit.
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Avian influenza: Maintain enhanced disease surveillance in domestic, wild birds – WAHIS urges
The World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) has urged its members to maintain enhanced disease surveillance in domestic and wild birds in …
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