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: - ^ <br />iiSiMV- <br />^ mmm----------— ^ <br />the death <br />lay Chen <br />:e in <br />r>/,v-- <br />if ‘ i <br />m <br />\d <br />• ‘^«-4 <br />•»1 <br />r ^ <br />k .. •;■ <br />I <br />V»i <br />s>. <br />1^ <br />A.,^ -^.WL.«L:a;. . Jt., .1^ <br />«.»-v';?> <br />-:i V-:i-i. ;:»i <br /><:■ '. <br />1 H <br />V- <br />‘ ■- ♦ <br />>• .*1 »> <br />■t ■ 1 <br />/ <br />ll <br />«r <br />hi <br />f <br />Duck-death c <br />*a. <br />^ no harm to humans <br />• H <br />. Associated Press <br />' The death of several hundred <br />ducks on T:\’in Cities area lakes <br />»this summer was caused by avian <br />botulism, which is not harmful to <br />'humans, the Minnesota Natural <br />/• Resources Department (DNR) <br />said Wednesday. <br />' The botulism problem has hit <br />lakes and ponds in Minneapolis, <br />Bloomington, Richfield and Edi­ <br />na. The precise disease was con­ <br />firmed by the National Fish and <br />Vnidlife Health Lal)Oratory in <br />Madison, Wis.. <br />The bacteria which cause avian <br />botulishi thrive in high tempera ­ <br />tures and mud flats created by re­ <br />ceding shbrelines. a result of the <br />summerlong drought. * <br />• <br />Phil Economon. fish and w ildlife <br />pathologist for ‘he DNR. said hu­ <br />mans feeding uucks during the <br />summer may be helping to con­ <br />centrate the birds :»i areas where <br />there is botulism. <br />''Ducks do not have to be given <br />handouts at this time <>lye?r whe.n <br />their natural foods are the most <br />plentiful." he said. __________ <br />Economon said the man action <br />BMded to prevent spread of the <br />disease is to p’ck up all dead ducks <br />and dispose of them by »ncine."a- <br />tion or hme-pit burial. He said iive <br />ducks contract the disease by eat ­ <br />ing maggots growing on 'dead <br />birds. <br /># <br />\ <br />Botulism spawned <br />by drought blamed <br />for death of ducks <br />f . • <br />Avian botulism has caused the <br />death of several hundred ducks in <br />• ' Minneapolis-area lakes this sum- <br />mer, the Minnesota Department of <br />^ Natural Resources says. <br />1^ The agency said yesterday that <br />. the botulism, w'hich is n >t harmful <br />tc people, has infested lakes and <br />ponds in MinneafKjlis, Bloomington. <br />Richfield and Edina. <br />Bacteria that cause avian botul­ <br />ism thrive in high temperatures <br />and mud flats created when shore­ <br />lines recede during droughts. <br />Phil Economon. the agency's fish <br />and wildlife pathologist, said dead <br />ducks should be picked up and dis­ <br />posed of by incineration or lime-pit <br />•burial to prevent the disease from <br />He also said people may be con­ <br />tributing to the duck deaths by <br />feeding the birds, thus encouraging <br />them to concentrate in areas where <br />there is botulism. <br />• *-4- • <br />^ .2 <br />• j <br />r; -11 <br />‘1 4 <br />i <br />. I <br />* % <br />. i <br />■pff •'•■Svi'v: i <br />I'm <br />K • <br />\ f i <br />>■ >.v: U‘ <br />v- / > <br />u»<-, <br />I Vi i <br />^ ” <br />■1 1 j <br />i.. <br />pis