Since the start of the U.S. outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in January 2022, HPAI – also known as H5N1, or simply “bird flu” – has impacted wild and domestic birds in every state. This respiratory disease, caused by influenza A viruses, is circulating again this winter and has already been confirmed in New Jersey in Canada geese, snow geese and bald eagles.
Dan Krupinski, health officer for the Long Beach Island Health Department, said activity does appear “to be picking up with…
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