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USGS Statement Regarding Avian Flu Found in Washington State Green-Winged Teal

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Avian influenza research sheds light on possible routes of introduction to North America

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Wildfire burn severity and stream chemistry influence aquatic invertebrate and riparian avian mercury exposure in forested ecosystems

Research
Scientist swabbing hunter-harvested ducks in western Alaska

Q&A: Bird Flu - Ongoing Threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Alaska and North America

Data Release
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Audio Recording Device Data for Assessing Avian Detectability, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2013-2014

National News Release
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New Technology Helps Identify Dispersal of Avian Flu Virus between Asia and Alaska

Research
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Understanding wild waterfowl use of retention ponds at commercial poultry farms – a potential route for avian influenza virus transmission

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Garrett MacDonald

Garrett MacDonald
Research
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Waterbird Distribution and Foraging Patterns on the Great Lakes with Respect to Avian Botulism

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Avian fatalities at wind energy facilities in North America: A comparison of recent approaches

Data Release
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Waterfowl occurrence and residence time as indicators of H5 and H7 avian in?uenza in North American Poultry

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Marisa Martinez

Marisa T Martinez, PhD
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A graphical depiction of species specific weekly avian influenza (IAV) prevalence rates in waterfowl

Spatial patterns in avian influenza virus (AIV) prevalence across the United States
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New publication highlight - Environmental surveillance and detection of viable highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Iowa wetland

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Timothy Fox

Timothy Fox
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Prioritizing avian species for their risk of population-level consequences from wind energy development

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Scientist wades in wetland while filtering for infectious avian influenza in Minnesota
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USGS scientist takes a sample from a northern pintail duck

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected for the First Time in Wild Birds in North America

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A graphical depiction of species specific weekly avian influenza (IAV) prevalence rates in waterfowl

Predicted avian influenza (IAV) prevalence for 30 waterfowl species by week of year
Research
Mallard duck

Avian influenza virus in the aquatic environment: Surveillance in waterfowl habitat on the Delmarva Peninsula.

National News Release
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North Atlantic May Be a New Route for Spread of Avian Flu to North America

Data Release
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Hawaii Island forest bird avian malaria detection using whole blood preserved in lysis buffer, 2005-2006

Center News
A male Blue-winged Teal in flight

New Insight on the Potential for Blue-Winged Teal to Transfer Avian Influenza to Domestic Poultry

Newsletters
Low-path Avian Flu H5 and N1 Found in Michigan and Ohio

Low-path Avian Flu H5 and N1 Found in Michigan and Ohio
Newsletters
Low-path Avian Flu H5 and N1 Found in Northern Pintails in Montana

Low-path Avian Flu H5 and N1 Found in Northern Pintails in Montana
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Alex Hartman, PhD

Christopher "Alex" Hartman
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USGS Participates in USDA Highly Pathogenic (HP) Avian Influenza (AI) and Wild Birds Webinar Series

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Interspecies transmission and limited persistence of low pathogenic avian influenza genomes among Alaska dabbling ducks

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Turkey Vulture banded in Saskatchewan and photographed on a fishing boat in Colombia.

Anticoagulant Rodenticides are Associated with Increased Stress and Reduced Body Condition of Avian Scavengers in the Pacific Northwest

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Genomic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses from Alaska during 2022 provides evidence for genotype-specific trends of spatiotemporal and interspecies dissemination

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