Some birds, especially corvids such as crows and jays, are known to get sick and die from West Nile virus. Wild bird die-offs can indicate the …
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Bird Flu; experts concerned about its potential spread; monitoring its symptoms may be hard to track
We take a look into the most recent cases of Bird Flu. The passing from wild birds to factory farms, and now humans is causing some concern, …
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U.S. flunking pandemic fire drill – BioCentury
… wild bird infecting a cow, or if there are ongoing introductions from additional wild birds infecting cows. “We don’t know how broadly this has …
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Rare bird catches local Pike birders attention | Community – Vincennes Sun-Commercial
The bird left before other birders could arrive. So five years later, when word got out of another brown booby in Indiana, Evan and dozens of other …
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More US bird flu spread would heighten human infection risk, officials say – WHBL
By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – Further spread of bird flu among U.S. dairy herds presents additional opportunities for human …
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Hard to beat a phone call from a constituent – Environment America
We assisted the National Audubon Society with two conservation priorities: protecting habitat for migratory birds and funding state-level wildlife …
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Shared farmworkers may be causing the spread of bird flu among cattle and poultry in Michigan
25 dairy herds and nearly seven million birds in Michigan have been exposed to the virus, according to MDARD, with two Michigan dairy farmworkers …
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More US bird flu spread would heighten human infection risk, officials say – Reuters
Further spread of bird flu among U.S. dairy herds presents additional opportunities for human infections, federal officials said on Thursday while …
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Scientists and infectious disease experts warn about the growing danger of bird flu
Since the H5 strain was first identified, more than a half-billion farmed birds have been slaughtered. Wild bird deaths are estimated in the millions.
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Air taxi / bird collisions, Moose / train collisions, Ketchup, Pathology stars – Improbable Research
… bird projectiles” onto a metal plate rigged to measure the impact force…. Mid-collision track — Speaking of birds-and-air-taxis-ish experiments …
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