Bird flu suspected in deaths of 200 snow geese

bird flu is now suspected in deaths of 200 snow geese in the Lehigh Valley the birds found at two different locations action news reporter Katy catro live in Upper mccan Township today with the latest from The Game Commission and what we should know about this Katie Brian experts we spoke with say they're working to get bird flu under control but in the meantime they want to make the public aware Aven influenza also known as bird flu is suspected as the cause of death for 200 snow GE is found Monday in the Lehi Valley they were found around lower Nazareth and upper mccan townships the Delaware Department of Agriculture announced this morning that preliminary testing of a commercial Broiler flock in Kent County Delaware has returned presumptive positive for H5 avien influenza the state gaming commission is investigating the Pennsylvania cases we just hope that that these mortality events that we've recorded don't signal something wor is on the way currently the Wilders at Pocono Wildlife have been trying to get the infected birds off the ground there is no cure or treatment uh for Aven flu so the best thing to do is to euthanize them and end and end their suffering in 2024 there were 23 confirmed H5 wild bird detections in PA including two in our five County area one in Chester County and one in Delaware County both bald eagles a big issue is how contagious Aven influenza is it's devastating and to know that other animals are eating those dead bodies it's it's a terrible domino effect indoor cats can also contract this flu it turns out that they're getting this through uh either raw uh pet foods that they're being fed uh of poultry origin or um through being fed raw milk products and where it goes from here we don't yet know now the US Department of Agriculture is working to confirm results in the meantime contact your local Game Commission if you do see a sick bird do not touch it reporting live here in Upper mcj Township Katie catro Channel 6 Action News Brian okay something we're going to keep close eye on here uh Katie thank you