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Bird flu study: no harmful strains found in wild birds in Georgia

The role of wild birds in spreading potentially deadly strains of 'bird flu' is poorly understood. Recent research in Georgia examined an important crossover point of migratory routes, including routes into Europe, and found that only 1% of wild birds tested here carried avian influenza. None of these had the harmful, pathogenic strains.




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These wild birds fashion drumsticks and make original beats

Chicks dig drummers, apparently.




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DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section announces year’s first finding of West Nile virus in wild birds

The DNREC Mosquito Control Section, in conjunction with the Division of Public Health and Department of Agriculture, has announced the first detection this year of West Nile virus in wild birds, indicating the recurrence of this mosquito-borne disease in Delaware.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  • Division of Fish and Wildlife
  • Division of Public Health
  • common-sense precautions against mosquito bites
  • detection
  • Eastern equine encephalitis
  • health and safety
  • Mosquito control
  • outdoors and recreation
  • public health
  • vaccinating horses advised
  • West Nile Virus