California: Bird flu in wild birds 2022

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Scource: https://patch.com/california/san-die...humane-society

Bird Flu Confirmed In San Diego County: Humane Society
A black swan from Lake San Marcos tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 on October 18.
Cailin Loesch,
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Posted Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 1:01 pm PT

SAN DIEGO, CA – Avian flu, which has been spreading throughout the U.S., has now been confirmed in San Diego County, according to the San Diego Humane Society.

A black swan from Lake San Marcos tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 on October 18, according to the organization. Since then, a Western gull and a Brown pelian have also tested positive, the San Diego Humane Society added...

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Source: https://www.tehachapinews.com/news/a...fa7505802.html

Avian flu detected in Kern County
Tehachapi News 15 hrs ago

The Kern County Public Health Services Department on Nov. 30 issued an advisory that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — commonly called bird flu — has been detected in a wild bird in Kern County, as well as 36 other California counties...

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Source: https://www.appeal-democrat.com/news...dc2c5dd21.html

Avian flu detected in Yuba, Sutter counties
17 hrs ago


The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has recently notified both Yuba and Sutter counties that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in wild birds in the area.

So far, avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in 41 other counties including Alameda, Amador, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Kern, Lassen, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Trinity, Ventura, and Yolo.

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Source: https://www.marinij.com/2023/01/08/m...adly-bird-flu/

Marin detects more cases of deadly bird flu
By Will Houston |
PUBLISHED: January 8, 2023 at 11:10 a.m. | UPDATED: January 8, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

More cases of a highly contagious and deadly strain of bird flu have been detected among Marin County wildlife, but local poultry farms have so far been spared from outbreaks that have ravaged flocks throughout the U.S. and the world.

“Which is a tremendous relief because poultry-related foods — birds and eggs — are Marin County’s second highest valued commodity,” said Scott Wise, Marin County’s assistant agricultural commissioner. “So not only is poultry a critical part of our local food supply, it is many people’s livelihood.”

After Marin’s first case of the avian flu, known as H5N1, was confirmed in October, two more birds have come back with positive results while three more birds are being tested, according to local and state wildlife officials.

In California, there have been 229 confirmed cases, though the actual number of birds infected with H5N1 is likely significantly larger, said Krysta Rogers, an avian specialist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Only birds that are found and sent to the department for lab testing are counted...

...The three cases of H5N1 in Marin were submitted by the WildCare animal hospital in San Rafael. The first case was discovered after a crossing guard in Corte Madera noticed a Canada goose wandering in the middle of an intersection and acting confused. In November, the hospital submitted two more birds — a great horned owl from Novato and a snow goose from San Rafael — that have tested positive in preliminary analysis by the state...