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Scientists: Tumor-Causing Virus Widespread In Wild Turkeys
January 21, 2015 11:15 AM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ? Wildlife biologists tracking a tumor-causing virus first diagnosed in eastern wild turkeys five years ago have found the virus is far more widespread ? but less deadly ? than expected.
The new study eases fears among wildlife managers and hunters that lymphoproliferative disease virus ? which can turn a turkey?s head into a gruesome mass of scabby tumors and clog its airway ? isn?t to blame for a drop in the wild turkey population...
Scientists: Tumor-Causing Virus Widespread In Wild Turkeys
January 21, 2015 11:15 AM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ? Wildlife biologists tracking a tumor-causing virus first diagnosed in eastern wild turkeys five years ago have found the virus is far more widespread ? but less deadly ? than expected.
The new study eases fears among wildlife managers and hunters that lymphoproliferative disease virus ? which can turn a turkey?s head into a gruesome mass of scabby tumors and clog its airway ? isn?t to blame for a drop in the wild turkey population...