Two H5N1 HPAI Snowy Owls Macomb County Michigan

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2 H5N1 Snowy Owls Macomb MI

Six Canada geese and two tundra swans were found at St. Clair Flats State Wildlife Area and two snowy owls from Macomb County were transported to the DNR to be tested. Testing was done at Michigan State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.

The samples were non-negative and then forwarded to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa, for final confirmation. On Thursday (March 24) they confirmed the geese, swans, and owls were infected with bird flu subtype H5N1. An additional positive case was found in a mute swan from Monroe County on March 15.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/03/24/bird-flu-identified-in-wild-birds-in-macomb-monroe-and-st-clair-counties/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=cod

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