After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.
Testing has confirmed that HPAI was the cause of death for Teal, a Chilean flamingo chick, on Jan. 8; and Slater, a harbor ...
The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.
As highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, continues to spread, experts say Illinoisans are feeling its impacts even ...
Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...
Teal the Chilean flamingo had just been born last fall and Slater the harbor seal was often seen training with keepers ...
Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...
Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.
Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says bird flu was confirmed as the cause of waterfowl deaths in Gibson County last December and is likely behind similar cases reported in 11 other ...