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?Significant outbreak? killing finches
THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Published July 27, 2017 - 3:23pm
Last Updated July 27, 2017 - 4:31pm
Experts are calling a disease killing finches in Atlantic Canada a ?significant outbreak.?
The Nova Scotia Bird Society has put out an alert about the disease, which causes lesions in the throat and esophagus of finches.
The society shared information given to them earlier this week in a Facebook post.
?At this point 14 finches from the N.S., P.E., N.L. and N.B. were submitted to Atlantic Veterinarian College in P.E.I. A necropsy was done on a number of them and the findings, together with the clinical symptoms, indicate trichomonosis,? wrote Fiep de Bie, a wildlife technician with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, in an email.
He notes the autopsies are not yet complete but the findings so far prompted the society to make a statement...
?Significant outbreak? killing finches
THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Published July 27, 2017 - 3:23pm
Last Updated July 27, 2017 - 4:31pm
Experts are calling a disease killing finches in Atlantic Canada a ?significant outbreak.?
The Nova Scotia Bird Society has put out an alert about the disease, which causes lesions in the throat and esophagus of finches.
The society shared information given to them earlier this week in a Facebook post.
?At this point 14 finches from the N.S., P.E., N.L. and N.B. were submitted to Atlantic Veterinarian College in P.E.I. A necropsy was done on a number of them and the findings, together with the clinical symptoms, indicate trichomonosis,? wrote Fiep de Bie, a wildlife technician with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, in an email.
He notes the autopsies are not yet complete but the findings so far prompted the society to make a statement...
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