US to expand wild bird monitoring
The Department of Agriculture and Department will expand wild bird monitoring for BirdFlu beyond Alaska through agreements with various states such as Hawaii.
“Because we cannot control wild birds, our best protection is an early warning system, and this move to test thousands more wild birds throughout the country will help us to quickly identify, respond, and control the virus, if it arrives in the United States,” said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in a prepared statement.
Beginning in mid-2006, the University of Alaska tested nearly 10,000 wild birds. They reported that highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was not detected.
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