Diseases From Bird Droppings Avian Influenza . Also known as bird flu, avian influenza is a viral infection caused by ...

The bird disease was not the only animal malady that struck in 2021. In September, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife confirmed that epizootic hemorrhaging disease, generally referred to ...

With certain bird diseases, you could “bathe in a vat of liquid containing the bacteria” and suffer no adverse effects, Hochachka said. On the other hand, handling a bird infected with ...

Let’s take a look at some avian zoonotic diseases. Avian tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium avium. These bacteria occur in the droppings of infected birds and soil that ...

Nature Talk. Monthly nature programs at Loveland Public Library have resumed via Zoom. The next program — “Feed the Birds, but Know What You’re Doing” — will be Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 10 a.m.

Other diseases that impact bird populations include avian botulism, cholera, and malaria, and West Nile virus. Many of these ...

If you enjoy seeing songbirds, you should consider registering for an online public meeting planned Sept. 9 to discuss a new mystery bird disease. Penn State Cooperative Extension has scheduled a ...

It was evident that Winter Storm Uri took a toll on South Texas plants. Even though most plants will come back eventually, bird biologist Jeff Brown, who lives in Corpus Christi, says he is ...

A new study used machine learning to identify bird species with the potential to transmit the Lyme disease bacterium (Borrelia burgdorferi) to feeding ticks. The team developed a model that ...

A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 8,000-mile Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan ...

Bird migration patterns are a likely cause of the spread. Meanwhile, Comins says, “we have other birds that have died mysteriously” in the state that may or may not be connected to this condition.

Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually only affects birds. There are many different strains, but the most commonly seen and most deadly form of the virus is ...