[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Minnesota has confirmed its second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild bird[/title][fusion_text]Tuesday, July 14th 2015
Minnesota has confirmed its second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild bird. The Department of Natural Resources says a chickadee found in Ramsey County and delivered to a wildlife rehabilitation center on June 10th later tested positive for H5 bird flu. DNR wildlife research manager Lou Cornicelli says the lab was unable to determine if it was the same H5N2 strain that has devastated commercial poultry farms in Minnesota, Iowa and other Midwest states, or if it’s a different highly pathogenic strain. Some other wild bird species in other states have also tested positive, but Cornicelli says this is the first detection in a songbird.
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