{"id":48496,"date":"2024-12-11T21:10:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T02:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=48496"},"modified":"2024-12-12T00:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T05:57:47","slug":"five-animals-including-a-cheetah-and-a-mountain-lion-die-from-bird-flu-at-arizona-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/five-animals-including-a-cheetah-and-a-mountain-lion-die-from-bird-flu-at-arizona-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Five animals, including a cheetah and a mountain lion, die from bird flu at Arizona zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least five animals, including a cheetah and a mountain lion, have died from bird flu at a zoo in Arizona, according to health officials. A white tiger also tested positive for the virus.<br><br>The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) confirmed on Wednesday that a small number of animals at the Wildlife World Zoo near Phoenix, Arizona, were likely infected with H5N1 avian flu.<br><br>&#8220;The Wildlife World Zoo identified ill animals and brought them into the Arizona Department of Agriculture to conduct testing,&#8221; said the MCDPH statement. &#8220;Test results indicated that these animals were likely ill from H5N1 avian flu, which was first seen in wild birds in the United States in 2015.&#8221;<br><br>The statement added that &#8220;MCDPH is working with the zoo to identify and contact staff and volunteers who are considered to be at higher risk from close, prolonged contact with the infected animals.&#8221; They also said that \u201cpeople who have job-related exposures to infected animals, especially close prolonged exposure, are at higher risk of infection.\u201d<br><br>The zoo animals that died include a cheetah, a mountain lion, a swamphen, an Indian goose, and a Kookaburra, according to KSAZ. A white tiger has also tested positive and is responding well to treatment.<br><br>Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/arizona-confirms-first-human-cases-of-h5-bird-flu\/\">reported <\/a>its first two human cases of H5N1 on Friday, which are part of a broader pattern of H5N1 infections among poultry and dairy workers in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/human-cases-of-h5n1-bird-flu\/\">Over 60 cases<\/a> have been reported across eight states this year, with the majority occurring in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least five animals, including a cheetah and a mountain lion, have died from bird flu at a zoo in Arizona, according to health officials. A white tiger also tested positive for the virus. 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