Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross and the world’s oldest known breeding bird, continues to raise chicks.
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in Sioux County – Storm Lake Times Pilot
… bird flu in a flock of commercial egg-laying chickens in Sioux County … H5N1 can be fatal to domestic birds, though wild birds can carry it without …
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Bird flu is here: We need health officials pushing vaccines not raw milk
The most common vectors are direct exposure to infected wild birds or dairy cattle, but transmission pathways aren’t clear. The World Health …
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2nd Bird Flu Case Confirmed Over the Weekend. – KWBG Radio | Boone, Iowa
H5N1 HPAI is a viral disease that affects both wild and domestic bird populations. H5N1 HPAI can travel in wild birds without those birds …
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Conservation groups voice concern for native birds with H5N1 on Oahu | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
25, marking Hawaii’s first detection of the virus in a wild bird. Hawaii was the last of 50 U.S. states to detect HPAI in wild birds. Josh Fisher …
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Wild rice dwindled in some parts of the Upper Midwest | KCUR – Kansas City news and NPR
“If you have a nice, thick rice bed, the birds will eat along the edge. But if you have kind of sparse patches, they seem to be very efficient at …
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Rise in Avian Flu Cases Amplifies Concerns About Consolidation in Agriculture
In wild birds, the virus tends to be a low pathogenic strain that occurs naturally, causing only minor symptoms in some birds. “But when we introduce …
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World’s oldest bird becomes mom again. Lays egg at the age of 74 – India Today
… Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii. This milestone makes her the oldest known wild bird in the world, a title she has held since being tagged in 1956 when …
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One mutation in H5N1 bird flu could enable human infection – Cosmos Magazine
The H5NI influenza virus is a bird flu found in animals worldwide including wild birds. The study, led by scientists at Scripps Research and published …
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‘World’s Oldest Bird‘ to Become a Mom Yet Again, Laying Egg at 74 – ScienceAlert
Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, is one of millions of the huge seabirds that return to Midway Atoll, near Hawaii, every year to nest. Wildlife experts say …
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