Mallard ducklings in the Lincoln Reflecting Pool were stricken, the National Park Service says.
It was the first confirmation of the “highly pathogenic avian influenza,” or HPAI, in Washington, the park service said.
The virus is rarely transmitted to humans. “To date there has been only one documented human case of the currently circulating HPAI in the U.S.,” the Park Service said in a statement.“We’re not looking at another covid-type situation,” Litterst said. “But because humans can unwittingly facilitate the transfer between groups of birds, we just want to get the word out there.”— including 1.7 million in Maryland, 4 million in Pennsylvania and 1.4 million in Delaware, according to the U.S.
Elsewhere in the area, 80 black vultures in Maryland’s Harford County were recently found dead due to the virus near wildlife areas along the Susquehanna River, officials have said. Vultures can be infected by scavenging infected dead birds.Maryland and Delaware agriculture authorities said they have had reports of chickens at farms being infected with the bird flu since February. The vultures were found in recent weeks.
Broaddus said the farms that have hens producing eggs that “end up in the supermarket” tend to be large-scale operations, where the flu can spread quickly.Sometimes, he said, chickens at farms become infected when a farmer or worker “accidentally tracks through goose droppings near a pond” and then brings it into the chicken facility.
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