Posted:Mar 21, 2023 / 10:50 AM CDT
Updated:Mar 21, 2023 / 10:50 AM CDT
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CARSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Askunk recovered from Carson Countyis Texas’ first confirmed case of avian influenza in a mammal.
The National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed this week the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a striped skunk recovered from the north Texas county.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, HPAI is a highly contagious virus that transmits easily among wild and domestic birds and is detected in all U.S. states except Hawaii. The virus can spread directly between animals and indirectly through environmental contamination.
For mammals, current data shows transmission occurs primarily through the consumption of infected animal carcasses, though mammal-to-mammal transmission does not appear sustainable, TPWD said in a news release.
TPWD said other mammal species susceptible to HPAI include foxes…
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