Scientists don't know why hundreds of birds are getting sick and dying across the U.S.
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James Brindle, spokesman for the state's Department of Natural Resources, said birds there have tested negative for avian influenza and West Nile virus.The bird specimens from Kentucky were sent to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia for testing.“This is probably a new issue,” Slankard said of what’s possibly causing the deaths.In September, New Mexico wildlife experts said birds in the region were dropping dead at an alarming rate, potentially in the hundreds of thousands, NBC News reported.Scientists were baffled by the deaths.
As said here by Deon J. Hampton