After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.
Testing has confirmed that HPAI was the cause of death for Teal, a Chilean flamingo chick, on Jan. 8; and Slater, a harbor ...
Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...
The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.
Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...
A Chilean flamingo died Jan. 8 and a harbor seal died Jan. 9, with testing confirming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...
Teal the Chilean flamingo had just been born last fall and Slater the harbor seal was often seen training with keepers ...
Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...
The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...
CHICAGO (CNN) - Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo is mourning the loss of two animals that died from bird flu. The zoo says a 7-year ...
A Chilean flamingo and a harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo have died from avian influenza, or bird flu, zoo officials confirmed ...