Pestilence: Over 200 Birds at the Baker’s Lake Forest Preserve in Illinois, Have Died From an Outbreak of H5 Avian Flu

As a preventative step against flu, people should avoid direct contact with wild birds and only view them from a safe distance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Even if they do not seem unwell, wild birds may carry the avian influenza virus. Avoid unprotected contact with ill or dead domestic birds (poultry)… “Do not contact surfaces that may be contaminated with wild or domestic bird saliva, mucus, or excrement,” the agency says. HNewsWire:An epidemic of H5 avian flu is thought to have killed over 200 birds in the Baker’s Lake Forest preserve in Illinois. Laboratory examinations at the University of Illinois Urban-Champaign verified the flu epidemic. The federal government performed further tests, with wildlife biologists from the Forest Preserves of Cook County delivering seven cormorants for testing and necropsy to state pathologists on April 7.…

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