Snow Geese in flight over the Sacramento National Wildlife Sanctuary in Willows, California.
Steve Emmons/.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
. Bird influenza has actually been verified in snow geese and other water birds from Gibson County in southwestern Indiana and is believed in an industrial turkey flock in neighboring Daviess County, state authorities stated.
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. Around 700 geese, mostly snow geese, have actually just recently been discovered dead in western Gibson County, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources stated Monday. More than 100,000 snow geese presently exist there, it stated.
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. Birds contaminated with bird influenza might show uncommon habits such as unpredictable swim patterns, tremblings, a twisted neck and a basic absence of coordination, the firm stated. Ill birds might likewise have nasal discharges, a cough, sneezing, and diarrhea. Some contaminated birds will not appear ill.
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. People who see ill birds or discover several birds dead in a single location ought to report them to the firm.
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. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health reported Sunday that an industrial flock of 11,394 turkeys at a farm in Daviess County checked presumptively favorable for bird influenza and has actually been quarantined.
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. Samples will be checked at Iowa’s nationwide U.S. Department of Farming lab for verification, the board stated.
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. Statewide, 10 business flocks of turkeys and ducks have actually checked favorable for bird influenza this year, the board stated.
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