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Driving the news: The Department of Agriculture last week confirmed 81 detections of highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds collected across 24 states between Dec. 29 and Jan. 17.
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Alex Golden, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Where pruning cuts in a tree are improperly made, these cuts cannot properly heal and present an open invitation to pathogenic fungi.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
Testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was responsible for the deaths of a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9.
—Darren Reynolds, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
The zoo learned of the case of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) on Tuesday after test results came back on the goose, which had died on the grounds.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
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Alex Golden, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Where pruning cuts in a tree are improperly made, these cuts cannot properly heal and present an open invitation to pathogenic fungi.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
Testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was responsible for the deaths of a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9.
—Darren Reynolds, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
The zoo learned of the case of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) on Tuesday after test results came back on the goose, which had died on the grounds.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Pathogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathogenic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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pathogenic
adjective
patho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik 
2
: causing or capable of causing disease
pathogenic microorganisms
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