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BIRDS TEST NEGATIVE FOR WEST NILE, AVIAN FLU
July 12, 2006 (Montgomery Advertiser)
Seven birds found dead in Montgomery over the weekend were not infected by avian influenza or West Nile virus, lab results confirmed Wednesday.
State health officials suspected neither virus was to blame for the deaths of five doves, a cardinal and a blue jay but did tests as a precaution.
?This is not a human health concern,? said Mel Stephens, state public health veterinarian.
Stephens said the birds might have died from species specific trichomoniasis, a parasitic disease found in birds. Doves are particularly sensitive to the disease, which killed 50 of the birds in 2003 in Marengo County.
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July 12, 2006 (Montgomery Advertiser)
Seven birds found dead in Montgomery over the weekend were not infected by avian influenza or West Nile virus, lab results confirmed Wednesday.
State health officials suspected neither virus was to blame for the deaths of five doves, a cardinal and a blue jay but did tests as a precaution.
?This is not a human health concern,? said Mel Stephens, state public health veterinarian.
Stephens said the birds might have died from species specific trichomoniasis, a parasitic disease found in birds. Doves are particularly sensitive to the disease, which killed 50 of the birds in 2003 in Marengo County.
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