CBC: Die-off of hundreds of birds something Manitoba hasn’t experienced ‘at this scale’: biologist

Eleanor Coopsammy — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:59:24 +0000

At least 500 bird carcasses, the majority Canadian geese, have been recovered near streams in southern Manitoba over the last month — a die-off scientists say they haven’t witnessed in the province before and are attributing to avian influenza. Dr. Hannah Wallace, lead research associate in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba with expertise in viral immunology, said it is strange that after years of avian influenza circulating in North America there would be so many bird deaths at once.

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CTV News: Niverville, Man. goose die-off tied to avian flu: biologist

Eleanor Coopsammy — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:43:44 +0000

Dozens of dead geese in a southern Manitoba town have left residents baffled, with one wildlife biologist attributing the die-off to avian flu. Dr. Hannah Wallace has studied infectious diseases like avian influenza for several years at the University of Manitoba Kindrachuk Lab. She said the disease has remained problematic for birds over the last four years. “Geese are a natural reservoir for influenza, so they do get infected,” Dr. Wallace said.

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CBC: Die-off of hundreds of birds something Manitoba hasn’t experienced ‘at this scale’: biologist

CTV News: Niverville, Man. goose die-off tied to avian flu: biologist