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Decrease in avian flu cases detected in the Mingan Islands
Radio Canada
Posted at 7:31 a.m.
The number of avian flu cases reported to the authorities of the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve is down, compared to the beginning of the summer.
A little less than a hundred carcasses of birds, probably affected by avian flu, have been reported in the National Park Reserve of the Archipel-de-Mingan.
The carcasses that could pose a risk to visitors were picked up, while the others were left behind.
Considering the vastness of the national park, the carcasses found represent only a very small sample of the total cases of bird flu that have infected the birds in the park. This is according to Aurore Pérot, conservation manager at the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve.
What we could observe was really the places where employees or visitors went, so we don't have an overall picture of the whole park , she explains.
Visitors only visit a tiny part of the islands, the largest and not the islands where there are large colonies of birds , continues Ms. Pérot.
Despite everything, the conservation manager can say that a peak in infections was reached between mid-July and the end of July and that a decrease in the number of carcasses discovered is now noticed.
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Outstanding questions
It is still difficult to say whether the avian flu epidemic will have an impact on the health of bird populations and on the ecosystem of the archipelago. In the long term, however, an analysis should be possible thanks to the data already collected in the national park reserve.
There are a few species that are more susceptible than others, such as the common eider or the gull. We have this advantage that in our monitoring program for the state of the park, these are birds that we have been following for a very long time, decades , explains Aurore Pérot.
“ Eiders and gulls are part of our monitoring, so over time we will be able to see the impact on these populations. »
— A quote from Aurore Pérot, Conservation Manager, Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
It is also likely that the disease will continue to infect seabirds in the coming years.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...ointe-havre-saint-pierre-canard-eider-maladie
Decrease in avian flu cases detected in the Mingan Islands
Radio Canada
Posted at 7:31 a.m.
The number of avian flu cases reported to the authorities of the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve is down, compared to the beginning of the summer.
A little less than a hundred carcasses of birds, probably affected by avian flu, have been reported in the National Park Reserve of the Archipel-de-Mingan.
The carcasses that could pose a risk to visitors were picked up, while the others were left behind.
Considering the vastness of the national park, the carcasses found represent only a very small sample of the total cases of bird flu that have infected the birds in the park. This is according to Aurore Pérot, conservation manager at the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve.
What we could observe was really the places where employees or visitors went, so we don't have an overall picture of the whole park , she explains.
Visitors only visit a tiny part of the islands, the largest and not the islands where there are large colonies of birds , continues Ms. Pérot.
Despite everything, the conservation manager can say that a peak in infections was reached between mid-July and the end of July and that a decrease in the number of carcasses discovered is now noticed.
...
Outstanding questions
It is still difficult to say whether the avian flu epidemic will have an impact on the health of bird populations and on the ecosystem of the archipelago. In the long term, however, an analysis should be possible thanks to the data already collected in the national park reserve.
There are a few species that are more susceptible than others, such as the common eider or the gull. We have this advantage that in our monitoring program for the state of the park, these are birds that we have been following for a very long time, decades , explains Aurore Pérot.
“ Eiders and gulls are part of our monitoring, so over time we will be able to see the impact on these populations. »
— A quote from Aurore Pérot, Conservation Manager, Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
It is also likely that the disease will continue to infect seabirds in the coming years.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...ointe-havre-saint-pierre-canard-eider-maladie