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Dave Henderson outdoors: New York on alert for turkey virus
7:37 PM, May. 7, 2012 |
The state is trying to determine if an emerging disease called Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus (LPDV) is present in New York's wild turkeys.
Skin lesions sometimes caused by LPDV resemble those caused by avian pox, another viral disease that has frequently been recorded in New York turkeys. Because of the similarity in lesions, state biologists are concerned that the presence of LPDV may be overlooked or dismissed as avian pox. DEC's Wildlife Health Unit (www.dec.ny.gov/animals/261.html#WHUProgram) would like to obtain samples of birds you harvest or encounter with these lesions...
Dave Henderson outdoors: New York on alert for turkey virus
7:37 PM, May. 7, 2012 |
The state is trying to determine if an emerging disease called Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus (LPDV) is present in New York's wild turkeys.
Skin lesions sometimes caused by LPDV resemble those caused by avian pox, another viral disease that has frequently been recorded in New York turkeys. Because of the similarity in lesions, state biologists are concerned that the presence of LPDV may be overlooked or dismissed as avian pox. DEC's Wildlife Health Unit (www.dec.ny.gov/animals/261.html#WHUProgram) would like to obtain samples of birds you harvest or encounter with these lesions...