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Volume 29, Number 10—October 2023
Dispatch

Limited Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Influenza A(H5N1) in Herring Gull Colony, Canada, 2022

Liam U. TaylorComments to Author , Robert A. Ronconi, Hayley A. Spina, Megan E.B. Jones, C. Brandon Ogbunugafor, and Andrea J. Ayala
Author affiliations: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (L.U. Taylor, C.B. Ogbunugafor, A.J. Ayala); Canadian Wildlife Service, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (R.A. Ronconi); Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dartmouth (R.A. Ronconi); University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (H.A. Spina); University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (M.E.B. Jones); Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Charlottetown (M.E.B. Jones)

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Figure 1

Location of gull breeding colony on Kent Island, New Brunswick, Canada, in study of limited outbreak of highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N1) in herring gull colony, 2022. A) Inset shows location of Kent Island in Canada. The main study site was on East Beach (yellow strip), and a secondary site was on West Beach (purple strip). Intermittent monitoring occurred across Kent, Hay, and Sheep Islands. Satellite image from Google Earth (https://earth.google.com). B) Accumulating carcass locations (red points) for 3 timepoints on East Beach.

Figure 1. Location of gull breeding colony on Kent Island, New Brunswick, Canada, in study of limited outbreak of highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N1) in herring gull colony, 2022. A) Inset shows location of Kent Island in Canada. The main study site was on East Beach (yellow strip), and a secondary site was on West Beach (purple strip). Intermittent monitoring occurred across Kent, Hay, and Sheep Islands. Satellite image from Google Earth (https://earth.google.com). B) Accumulating carcass locations (red points) for 3 timepoints on East Beach.

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