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The birds showed signs of physical trauma, leading one ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to speculate the blackbirds might have been killed by lightning, high-altitude hail or possibly fireworks. The birds were sent to laboratories in Georgia and Wisconsin for necropsies to determine the cause of death.
H5N1 influenza virus is a type of influenza A virus which mostly infects birds. H5N1 flu is a concern because its global spread may constitute a pandemic threat. The yardstick for human mortality from H5N1 is the case-fatality rate (CFR); the ratio of the number of confirmed human deaths resulting from infection of H5N1 to the number of those confirmed cases of infection with the virus.
The Beebe, Arkansas bird deaths were repeated again on New Year's Eve of the following year, 2011, with the reported number of dead birds being 5,000. [14] On 3 January 2011, more than five hundred starlings, red-winged blackbirds, and sparrows fell dead in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. [15]
How deadly is the bird flu? The US has reported its first death from avian influenza, H5N1. ... In comparison, seasonal influenza causes an estimated 4,900 to 51,000 deaths every year in the U.S., ...
Wildlife experts in at least six states are investigating the cause of the bird deaths. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call:
The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
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On its website, The American Bird Conservancy, referenced three studies, which showed, an estimated low of 140,000 bird deaths, up to 679,089 on the highest end.