‘Beloved’ harbor seal and Chilean flamingo die of bird flu within day at Illinois zoo
Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...
Lincoln Park Zoo says harbor seal and Chilean flamingo died of avian flu
Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...
Chilean flamingo and harbor seal dead from bird flu at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo
After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
Months-old flamingo, harbor seal die from bird flu at Lincoln Park Zoo
A Chilean flamingo and a harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo have died from avian influenza, or bird flu, zoo officials confirmed ...
‘We’ve lost two amazing animals:’ Harbor seal, Chilean flamingo at Chicago zoo die from bird flu
The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.
Harbor seal, flamingo at Chicago zoo die from bird flu
According to a spokesperson for the zoo, testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was the cause of ...
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Bird Flu Kills Harbor Seal and Flamingo at Lincoln Park Zoo, Officials Announce
A Chilean flamingo died Jan. 8 and a harbor seal died Jan. 9, with testing confirming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...
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Role reversal: Avian flu makes birds a menace to cats
Heat kills avian flu, but raw food can transmit the disease ... The researchers also found 16 dead harbor seals on Rat Island, in the first detection of the highly pathogenic flu in seals on ...
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Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary restricts public bird feeding over bird flu fears
As pretty as the birds might be, the nonprofit announced Wednesday evening in a Facebook post that it believes some wild bird species harbor "suspected ... Quarry due to avian flu.
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CDC says ‘risk to the general public remains low’
There have been 14 recorded cases of avian influenza among humans in Washington, but none in Clark County. Local health officials still consider the risk to the general public to be low. State and ...
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Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
But how do researchers know that if a person tests positive for influenza A, it’s not H5N1 avian flu? “We don’t have the ability to differentiate through quick, antigen tests at this time ...