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Sep 8 2007 11:26AM
Associated Press
<SEADSPOT></SEADSPOT>Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu
UPHAM, N.D. (AP) Federal biologists have tested ducks at a northern North Dakota wildlife refuge as part of a bird flu surveillance effort.
Officials captured several hundred migratory ducks at the J.
Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge with the use of cannon nets.
The ducks were outfitted with leg bands and then tested.
Bob Dusek is a biologist with the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin. He says testing was done for different types of avian flu, including H5N1. That virus has killed at least 199 people worldwide, but it hasn't been found in North America.
Biologists also are working to refine testing techniques, to hopefully lead to earlier detection of bird flu.
It likely will be several months before test results from the refuge are known.
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Sep 8 2007 11:26AM
Associated Press
<SEADSPOT></SEADSPOT>Federal biologists test North Dakota ducks for bird flu
UPHAM, N.D. (AP) Federal biologists have tested ducks at a northern North Dakota wildlife refuge as part of a bird flu surveillance effort.
Officials captured several hundred migratory ducks at the J.
Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge with the use of cannon nets.
The ducks were outfitted with leg bands and then tested.
Bob Dusek is a biologist with the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin. He says testing was done for different types of avian flu, including H5N1. That virus has killed at least 199 people worldwide, but it hasn't been found in North America.
Biologists also are working to refine testing techniques, to hopefully lead to earlier detection of bird flu.
It likely will be several months before test results from the refuge are known.
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=160132
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