Avian influenza killing far fewer birds this year

Avian influenza killing far fewer birds this year

Waterfowl and raptors appear to have developed resistance to the fatal disease.

Avian influenza killing far fewer birds this year

DULUTH The strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza that ravaged wild birds and some mammals across Minnesota and Wisconsin in spring 2022 appears to have diminished this spring, with far fewer birds perishing. Minnesota still leads the nation with the most birds reported dead from the H5N1 strain of influenza, but the number of birds reported so far this year is just a fraction this year of what it was in 2022, according to data from the …