National Wildlife Disease Program (NWDP)
Recent Activities: TENNESSEE
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Pesticide poisoning suspected at bird morbidity/mortality event
in Tennessee (2008)
The state office responded to several calls about dead birds scattered
throughout Orlinda, TN. Common grackles and red-winged blackbirds were
found in the middle of streets, yards, ditches, etc., in a “shotgun-like”
pattern within a four block radius. Twenty birds were submitted for
necropsy and tested positive for chlorinated pesticides.
Contact:
Wildlife Disease Biologist JD Freye (TN/KY)
(615)736-5506
James.D.Freye@aphis.usda.gov
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