Long said birds that display such symptoms are unlikely to recover from the virus. The agency is asking the public to notify the DNR if they spot birds showing signs of tremors, swimming or flying in circles, or holding their heads in an unusual position. Long said all birds sampled had died, but not all necessarily died from the virus. And, we've also seen mortalities associated with the birds that consume those birds.' 'We've seen some mortalities associated with it and those species. 'The reason it's important is because it does cause some clinical disease in some of our waterfowl and waterbirds,' Lindsey Long, a DNR wildlife veterinarian, said. The DNR along with state and federal partners have increased monitoring of waterfowl, raptors and scavengers, such as crows, as part of the agency’s response with plans for additional testing. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services lab confirmed the results Wednesday and Thursday.Īvian influenza is caused by a virus common to wild birds like waterfowl and shorebirds, but they often carry it without causing disease. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center, and the U.S. The strain was first detected in wild birds by the U.S.

The strain has been detected across a variety of birds, including a Cooper’s hawk, bald eagle, lesser scaup, red-tailed hawk, Canada goose and a trumpeter swan. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that the EA H5N1 bird flu strain was found in samples collected from wild birds in Dane, Columbia, Grant, Milwaukee and Polk counties. A strain of the highly pathogenic bird flu found in March on a poultry farm in Jefferson County has now been detected in wild birds.

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