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Virus puts Danish blackbirds under threat
Ritzau/The Local
14 November 2018
13:50 CET+01:00
A deadly bird virus which particularly affects blackbirds is on its way to Denmark.
The Usutu virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, has spread north through Europe, with at least 25,000 dead blackbirds reported in Germany this year.
Magazine Fugle og Natur (Birds and Nature), which is published for members of the Danish Ornithological Society, writes that Usutu has now reached Denmark.
The group?s biologist Henning Heldbjerg said the full effect of the virus would not be felt in Denmark until next summer, given that mosquitoes thrive from May to September...
Virus puts Danish blackbirds under threat
Ritzau/The Local
14 November 2018
13:50 CET+01:00
A deadly bird virus which particularly affects blackbirds is on its way to Denmark.
The Usutu virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, has spread north through Europe, with at least 25,000 dead blackbirds reported in Germany this year.
Magazine Fugle og Natur (Birds and Nature), which is published for members of the Danish Ornithological Society, writes that Usutu has now reached Denmark.
The group?s biologist Henning Heldbjerg said the full effect of the virus would not be felt in Denmark until next summer, given that mosquitoes thrive from May to September...
