First bird flu cases in wildfowl reported in Los Angeles County this year, prompting a mandatory quarantine of migratory birds in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey.
Wildlife officials in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey on Thursday quarantined over two dozen birds to prevent their spreading wildfowl virus H5N8 in the region. The move to quarantine wild animals was intended to keep the birds away from wild or migratory birds in the area and reduce the risk of human exposure by wild birds that have been infected by the virus.
The first confirmed wild type bird flu case in a wildfowl in recent years has been reported in the Los Angeles County in January.
Wildlife officials in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey on Thursday quarantined over two dozen birds to prevent their spreading wildfowl virus H5N8 in the region. The move to quarantine wild animals was intended to keep the birds away from wild or migratory birds in the area and reduce the risk of human exposure by wild birds that have been infected by the virus.
Wildlife officials in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey on Thursday quarantined over two dozen birds to prevent their spreading wildfowl virus H5N8 in the region. The move to quarantine wild animals was intended to keep the birds away from wild or migratory birds in the area and reduce the risk of human exposure by wild birds that have been infected by the virus.
Wildlife officials in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey on Thursday quarantined over two dozen birds to prevent their spreading wildfowl virus H5N8 in the region. The move to quarantine wild animals was intended to keep the birds away from wild or migratory birds in the area and reduce the risk of human exposure by wild birds that have been infected by the virus.
Wildlife officials in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey on Thursday quarantined over two dozen birds to prevent their spreading wildfowl virus H5N8 in the region. The move to quarantine wild animals was intended to keep the birds away from wild or migratory birds in the area and reduce the risk of human exposure by wild birds that have been infected by the virus.
Wildlife officials in the San Gabriel Mountains near Downey on Thursday quarantined over two dozen birds to prevent their spreading wildf
