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Bird flu makes jump to mammals: three baby foxes die in Michigan
sfgate.com/news ^ | 5/12/2022 | Angela Mulka

Posted on 05/15/2022 2:32:04 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt

Three red fox kits died from highly pathogenic avian influenza in Michigan, which is the state's first confirmation of the virus in wild mammals.
The fox kits, collected between April 1 and April 14, came from three separate dens in Lapeer, Macomb and St. Clair counties.

The DNR received a report from a wildlife rehabilitator in southeastern Michigan about the fox kits exhibiting neurologic signs of avian influenza before death, according to the release.
The kits were observed circling, tremoring and seizing.
Two of the three died within hours of intake, while one appeared to respond to supportive therapy but then died in care.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: avain; birdflu; mammal; virus
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To date, the virus has been detected in backyard flocks and commercial poultry facilities in 34 states and in wild birds in 35 states.
In Michigan, avian influenza has been confirmed in 69 wild birds, with the outbreak continuing to spread throughout North America. 
In North America, the first report of the virus in wild mammals was in Canada on May 2, 2022,
when two wild fox kits in Ontario tested positive for the virus.

"HPAI H5N1 viruses may occasionally transmit from birds to mammals, as occurred in these cases, and there may be additional detections in other mammals during this outbreak, but they likely will be isolated cases,..
"At this point, it is unclear how the fox kits became infected, but it’s possible that they were exposed by consuming infected birds, such as waterfowl."

1 posted on 05/15/2022 2:32:04 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Total BS. I CALL TOTAL BS!


2 posted on 05/15/2022 2:35:48 PM PDT by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: SJackson; LucyT; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Avian Bird Flu - found to infect young foxes (mammals) in Michighan and spreading
Ping

3 posted on 05/15/2022 2:36:27 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Not this crap again!


4 posted on 05/15/2022 2:37:40 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: Michigan Bowhunter
Michigan Bowhunter :" Total BS. I CALL TOTAL BS! "

Tell that to Michigan DNR

5 posted on 05/15/2022 2:38:27 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

We had a dead fox last week in Minnesota. Tested positive for bird flu.


6 posted on 05/15/2022 2:38:54 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Is this Bird flu a version started in North America or is this a Gift of the ChiComs?Just how difficult would it be to carry a test tube containing the virus to the U.S. and releasing it into the environment for use as a Biologocal weapon?

Just another way to make the American People poorer and create a potential famine to boot.

Something Americans have never truly experienced.

/


7 posted on 05/15/2022 2:40:22 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the dogs.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

We had a dead fox by the chicken coop the other day. Tested positive for lead poisoning.


8 posted on 05/15/2022 2:41:45 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

You’d be 100% correct, however, this is the beginning of the next pandemic for the November elections.

Remember we’re dealing with idiots....


9 posted on 05/15/2022 2:44:52 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thi I'mng systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Exactly.

How convenient - just in time to spread during the elections so they can cheat and steal again.


10 posted on 05/15/2022 2:45:15 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: CJ Wolf

🤣🤣🤣


11 posted on 05/15/2022 2:45:21 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thi I'mng systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Agreed. Total BS.

Our government overlords and their allies will continue to find any excuse, use whatever means available and promote any crisis (real or false) to retain power and control over the rest of us, and unfortunately there are there more than enough people in this country dumb enough to buy into it or desperate enough for another crisis to accept it. Those desperate for ano
ther crisis are the worst of all. The dumb ones can be educated and enlightened but those desperate for a crisis are lost and hopeless. They believe ridiculous and idiotic things not because they are dumb but because they want to believe it.

The rest of us however must not fall for it again. And that includes all the Branch Covidians here on FR.

There are more than enough genuine crisis plaguing our nation already without us falling for another scam and destroying what remains of our freedoms.


12 posted on 05/15/2022 2:53:22 PM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

During all this covid stuff I would occasionally sit in on some podcasts and forums frequented by professional virologists. Every once in awhile a few would chime in their suspicions that many of these emerging viruses actually arose from a lab, be it aids, ebola or whatnot. And some thought ‘bird flu’ might possibly be a bioweapon, being used by one government against another to screw with their food supply and economy. Then would talk about the suspicious circumstances of when and where it would arise. I don’t mean to project conspiracy here, but these guys were experts in that field so take it for what its worth.


13 posted on 05/15/2022 2:53:39 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I’m holding out for monkeypox:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4063483/posts


14 posted on 05/15/2022 3:25:35 PM PDT by dynachrome (I have the eye of a tiger, the heart of a lion, and a lifetime ban from the zoo)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Is this Fau-Chi created or a natural virus?


15 posted on 05/15/2022 3:26:01 PM PDT by beaversmom
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jimwatx :"..these guys were experts in that field so take it for what its worth. "

Exactly true for your to consider expertise in your decision making process.
Don't forget that the Wuhan Virology Institute is still open for business, the last I knew .
I think it was Chinese tactician ,Sun Tzu, in "The Art of War", who is alleged to have said :“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”, and,
'The best battle with your enemy is when he doesn't know that he is under attack'.

16 posted on 05/15/2022 3:30:19 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Michigan Bowhunter
ohno
17 posted on 05/15/2022 3:32:51 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Qui is

The vaxxed on here are a lost cause. They showed they will fall for anything


18 posted on 05/15/2022 3:33:16 PM PDT by roving
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To: maddog55
Remember we’re dealing with idiots....

No, that’s giving them too much credit for the potential for goodness.

We are dealing with evil.

19 posted on 05/15/2022 3:33:53 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Infection in Red Foxes Fed Infected Bird Carcasses

The devil is in the details.

Let's not get fooled again.

20 posted on 05/15/2022 3:35:33 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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