Newcastle Disease Cause of Water Bird Die-Off in Big Stone County
August 09, 2010
August 09, 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 9 -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
Hundreds of double-crested cormorants and ring-billed gulls on Marsh Lake in Big Stone County have died from Newcastle Disease, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). As of Wednesday, about 500 cormorants and 400 ring-billed gulls had been found dead at the lake, which is near Appleton in western Minnesota.
More testing is being cond . . .
Hundreds of double-crested cormorants and ring-billed gulls on Marsh Lake in Big Stone County have died from Newcastle Disease, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). As of Wednesday, about 500 cormorants and 400 ring-billed gulls had been found dead at the lake, which is near Appleton in western Minnesota.
More testing is being cond . . .