?Significant outbreak? killing finches in Atlantic Canada- likely trichomonosis

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Source: http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1489718-‘significant-outbreak’-killing-finches



?Significant outbreak? killing finches
THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Published July 27, 2017 - 3:23pm
Last Updated July 27, 2017 - 4:31pm


Experts are calling a disease killing finches in Atlantic Canada a ?significant outbreak.?

The Nova Scotia Bird Society has put out an alert about the disease, which causes lesions in the throat and esophagus of finches.

The society shared information given to them earlier this week in a Facebook post.

?At this point 14 finches from the N.S., P.E., N.L. and N.B. were submitted to Atlantic Veterinarian College in P.E.I. A necropsy was done on a number of them and the findings, together with the clinical symptoms, indicate trichomonosis,? wrote Fiep de Bie, a wildlife technician with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, in an email.

He notes the autopsies are not yet complete but the findings so far prompted the society to make a statement...

 

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Keep bird feeders away, warn experts, as deadly bird infection continues
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By Carolyn Ray, CBC News Posted: Sep 15, 2017 6:30 AM AT Last Updated: Sep 15, 2017 6:30 AM AT

The head of the Nova Scotia Bird Society says the public saved countless birds in Eastern Canada this summer by putting away bird feeders and curbing a deadly infection that continues to spread across the region.

But it's still too early to put the feeders back up, says Dave Currie.

The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative has received 105 reports of dead birds spanning Quebec to Newfoundland and Labrador.

"I think that number is a small reflection of what actually happened," said the bird society's Currie. "I think the number of deaths were considerably higher than that."
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The deaths are being monitored by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, which is tracking them through a map. The breakdown includes:

19 cases in Prince Edward Island.
31 deaths in New Brunswick.
39 reports in Nova Scotia.
9 cases in Quebec.
7 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...niasis-bird-feeders-atlantic-canada-1.4290229