Two birds who died on the Denver Zoo — a Brazilian teal and Barrow’s goldeneye — examined optimistic for avian flu, zoo officers introduced Monday.
The samples examined presumptive optimistic for extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on the Colorado State College Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and have been confirmed by the US Division of Agriculture’s (USDA) Nationwide Veterinary Companies Laboratory, based on the zoo.
Employees has remoted some other birds that will have been uncovered to the virus and enhanced biosecurity measures for personnel who work with birds on the zoo, officers mentioned. All birds within the zoo’s care — which embody African penguins, Humboldt penguins, lorikeets, sarus cranes and extra — is not going to be of their out of doors habitats for not less than 21 days, based on Denver Zoo. All academic experiences and packages involving birds have additionally been suspended.
Zoo officers mentioned all birds are being monitored to handle any additional circumstances of HPAI.
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