Along with eagles with broken wings and orphaned ducklings, the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage has been getting birds infected with the highly pathogenic avian flu.
Bird TLC veterinarian Dr. Karen Higgs opens a bird flu testing kit in the center’s garage. Staff set up a tent away from other birds where they can examine those with bird flu symptoms.
Staff have set up a tent in the garage where they take birds that arrive with symptoms — anything from respiratory problems to severe neurological symptoms like seizures. Some eagles have arrived with such bad tremors they’re unable to stand. “It has taken what we thought would be a fun summer and turned it into quite a challenge,” Higgs said.
Higgs said, thanks to their protocols, they haven’t had any spread of bird flu within the center. She said the fact that the first cases were detected in the Lower 48 gave them time to prepare. Several other centers in the state — like the— temporarily stopped bird rescue and rehabilitation altogether as the bird flu spread.
“This strain of this virus is very different, in the fact that it’s having very significant mortality in wild birds,” said state veterinarian Dr. Robert Gerlach. “We haven’t seen that in the past.” Gerlach said information from the public will be key to understanding bird flu as it continues to spread. People who see sick or injured birds can call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s hotline at 866-527-3358.
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