Laura Bies Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 This news and analysis are provided by the Ornithological Council, a consortium supported by ornithological societies. Join or renew your membership in your ornithological society if you value the services these societies provide to you, including OrnithologyExchange and the Ornithological Council. The U.S. Geological Survey has released a Wildlife Health Bulletin regarding the detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 at an exhibition farm in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. On December 20, 2021, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed the presence of HPAI H5N1 at a multi-species exhibition farm in the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The exhibition farm does not produce birds for sale and no other cases resembling avian influenza have been reported in the vicinity of the farm. Despite ongoing monitoring for this pathogen, this is the first detection of HPAI H5 in North America since the summer of 2015. The U.S. Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service –Wildlife Services (WS) recently completed fall waterfowl sampling in the U.S., as called for in the Implementation Plan for Avian Influenza Surveillance in Waterfowl in the United States. HPAI was not detected in the nearly 6,000 samples collected through that effort. For information about HPAI, as well as West Nile virus and other zoonotic diseases that is pertinent for ornithologists and bird banders, read the Ornithological Council’s fact sheet. More information about HPAI and the USDA APHIS’s plan for avian influenza surveillance in wild birds is available here. The full text of the USGS Update is attached and will also be available here soon. About the Ornithological Council The Ornithological Council is a consortium of scientific societies of ornithologists; these societies span the Western Hemisphere and the research conducted by their members spans the globe. Their cumulative expertise comprises the knowledge that is fundamental and essential to science-based bird conservation and management. The Ornithological Council is financially supported by our member societies and the individual ornithologists who value our work. If the OC’s resources are valuable to you, please consider joining one of our member societies or donating directly at Birdnet.org. Thank you for your support! WHB 2021-04_HPAI.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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