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Published: Feb. 03, 2025
‘Yeah, it’s rough’: 5 bird flu takeaways from Pa. Game Commission update
Pennsylvania’s Respiratory Virus Dashboard shows seasonal flu activity is high and rising, with rates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) also high but decreasing. COVID-19 emergency department visits have dropped even as residents continue to test positive nearly five years into the coronavirus era.
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at its first quarterly meeting of 2025 last Friday and Saturday got an update on a different kind of virus that’s impacting the state: bird flu, or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
Game Commission Wildlife Veterinarian Andrew DiSalvo in the update touched on the challenges of confronting an infectious disease circulating in nature.
“But at the end of the day, there’s only so much that we can control, and I use that word control pretty loosely,” DiSalvo told the board. “This is something ... that we’re going to have to live with, deal with, try to be as proactive as we can with — but it’s just really inherently challenging.”
“Sorry,” he offered. “Yeah, it’s rough.”
Here are five takeaways or highlights from DiSalvo’s report, which you can watch at this YouTube link.
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‘Yeah, it’s rough’: 5 bird flu takeaways from Pa. Game Commission update
Pennsylvania’s Respiratory Virus Dashboard shows seasonal flu activity is high and rising, with rates of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) also high but decreasing. COVID-19 emergency department visits have dropped even as residents continue to test positive nearly five years into the coronavirus era.
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at its first quarterly meeting of 2025 last Friday and Saturday got an update on a different kind of virus that’s impacting the state: bird flu, or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
Game Commission Wildlife Veterinarian Andrew DiSalvo in the update touched on the challenges of confronting an infectious disease circulating in nature.
“But at the end of the day, there’s only so much that we can control, and I use that word control pretty loosely,” DiSalvo told the board. “This is something ... that we’re going to have to live with, deal with, try to be as proactive as we can with — but it’s just really inherently challenging.”
“Sorry,” he offered. “Yeah, it’s rough.”
Here are five takeaways or highlights from DiSalvo’s report, which you can watch at this YouTube link.
[posted here also]
continued: https://www.pennlive.com/outdoors/20...outputType=amp
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