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Monday, 27 January 2025
More than 1000 birds have died due to an outbreak of avian botulism at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant.
The Dunedin City Council has identified avian botulism, a disease that causes paralysis in birds and often kills them, at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant, which is located close to the Waikouaiti Estuary.
It is unrelated to the recent avian influenza outbreak at a North Otago egg farm but is being treated as a significant animal welfare issue. ...
A spokesman for Otago Fish & Game said the majority of the dead birds collected so far were native paradise shelducks though the disease had also struck native grey teal, mallard, Canada goose, black swan and black-backed gulls. ...
Deceased birds were sent to the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) for testing that identified the contraction of the avian botulism type-C strain by the birds. ...
More than 1000 birds have died due to an outbreak of avian botulism at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant.
The Dunedin City Council has identified avian botulism, a disease that causes paralysis in birds and often kills them, at the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant, which is located close to the Waikouaiti Estuary.
It is unrelated to the recent avian influenza outbreak at a North Otago egg farm but is being treated as a significant animal welfare issue. ...
A spokesman for Otago Fish & Game said the majority of the dead birds collected so far were native paradise shelducks though the disease had also struck native grey teal, mallard, Canada goose, black swan and black-backed gulls. ...
Deceased birds were sent to the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) for testing that identified the contraction of the avian botulism type-C strain by the birds. ...