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State of Maine asks for 'vigilance' as avian flu lingers
Biologists found H5N1 in four mallards in Penobscot County on Sept. 28 amid birds beginning fall migration.
Author: David Guildford
Published: 5:48 PM EDT October 17, 2022
Updated: 6:21 PM EDT October 17, 2022
AUGUSTA, Maine — The highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) still has a quiet footing in Maine.
On Friday, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry posted a bulletin writing, "Vigilance is still needed as HPAI continues to be detected in Maine."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recorded four cases of the flu, known as H5N1, in mallards in Penobscot County on Sept. 28. Altogether, 41 cases have been discovered in Maine since February, including seagulls, ducks, geese, and two bald eagles.
Danielle D’Auria, a waterbird specialist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, is monitoring this fall migration season.
"There’s really no borders when it comes to wild bird populations, right," D'Auria posed. "So, the birds that we have here could be coming from somewhere further north; they could be going further south."..
State of Maine asks for 'vigilance' as avian flu lingers
Biologists found H5N1 in four mallards in Penobscot County on Sept. 28 amid birds beginning fall migration.
Author: David Guildford
Published: 5:48 PM EDT October 17, 2022
Updated: 6:21 PM EDT October 17, 2022
AUGUSTA, Maine — The highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) still has a quiet footing in Maine.
On Friday, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry posted a bulletin writing, "Vigilance is still needed as HPAI continues to be detected in Maine."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recorded four cases of the flu, known as H5N1, in mallards in Penobscot County on Sept. 28. Altogether, 41 cases have been discovered in Maine since February, including seagulls, ducks, geese, and two bald eagles.
Danielle D’Auria, a waterbird specialist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, is monitoring this fall migration season.
"There’s really no borders when it comes to wild bird populations, right," D'Auria posed. "So, the birds that we have here could be coming from somewhere further north; they could be going further south."..