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Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus
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Local boys drive a motorcycle passing a grilled chickens are on sale in a shop outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus last week. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Grilled chickens display for selling in a shop outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus last week. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Farm geese walk across a road outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus last week. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
BY SOPHENG CHEANGUpdated 5:07 AM PST, February 12, 2024Share
https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-bird-flu-avian-influenza-virus-4795dcb690b4bb449e4c26a3b49e77dc
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia’s Health Ministry said Monday.
The 9-year-old’s death in the northeastern province of Kratie was the first from bird flu in Cambodia this year, after four were reported last year by the World Health Organization.
Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads in poultry and wasn’t deemed a threat to people until a 1997 outbreak among visitors to poultry markets in Hong Kong. Most human cases have involved direct contact with infected poultry, but there have been concerns that the virus could evolve to spread more easily between people.
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The WHO and the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization this month warned that Lunar New Year festivities celebrated in much of Asia posed an increased risk of spreading the virus.
In a statement, Cambodia’s Health Ministry said the 16-year old brother tested positive for the virus on Sunday but exhibited no symptoms. The boy was undergoing medical treatment, and officials are investigating who had contact with the brothers and how and where they contracted the virus.
The Health Ministry said the boy who died last week fell ill with fever, shortness of breath, coughing and fainting after eating a meal his parents had cooked from chicken and ducks they raised.
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Massive Fire Engulfs US Chicken Farm, Containment Expected to Last Days
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A massive fire broke out at Feather Crest Farms in Kurten, Texas, on Jan. 29, taking two days to contain.
Jason Ware, deputy emergency management coordinator for Brazos County, said at the time, “Upon arrival there were two buildings on Feather Crest Farms property.”
“At this time the fire is contained to the two buildings,” he added.
No human casualties were reported, and the cause of the fire remains unknown.
Approximately 100 firefighters from various departments worked to control the blaze.
The fire did not pose an air quality threat, but some local residents experienced low water pressure and power outages.
The farm was purchased by MPS Egg Farms in 2020 and had 96 employees at that time.
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Trail cameras track ‘critically low’ New York bobcat population
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Trail cameras track ‘critically low’ New York bobcat population
ITHACA, N.Y. – With thousands of strategically placed cameras covering more than 27,000 square miles in central and western New York, biologists have evidence that bobcat populations remain critically low in central and western New York state.
Despite reports of recent recoveries elsewhere, bobcat populations in New York State displayed low occupancy, according to research based on years of observation by Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Their latest report was published February in Biological Conservation.
“Bobcats probably displayed one of the more concerning trends that we saw,” said lead author Joshua Twining, a postdoctoral researcher in the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, which is a U.S. Geological Survey unit at Cornell led by Angela Fuller.
Due to the very low occupancy observed, “it would be impossible for us to detect a decline in bobcat occupancy in this region without the species being extirpated,” Twining said.
He explained that New York has variable hunting and trapping seasons for bobcats, depending on the region. Some areas surveyed were not open to bobcat hunting or trapping and he said that places along the Pennsylvania border have been open to bobcat harvest since 2013.
The researchers also tracked occupancies for several other animals. White-tailed deer in the region flourish; red fox and coyote populations remain abundant and stable; and eastern wild turkey and gray fox numbers remain low.
Funding was provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, from a Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Grant.
For additional information, read this Cornell Chronicle story.
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