Bird flu may be making foxes and other animals behave in unusual ways

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Analysis of chaotic mammals infected with H5N1 vertebrate flu successful the US recovered that galore had encephalon infections and neurological symptoms, including deficiency of fearfulness of people

By Michael Le Page

Red foxes successful the US person been recovered to person vertebrate flu infections

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Bird flu is infecting the brains of chaotic mammals specified arsenic foxes and raccoons and whitethorn beryllium making them behave successful antithetic ways, according to a survey successful the US. Out of 57 unrecorded mammals recovered to beryllium infected, 53 had neurological symptoms, specified arsenic seizures, problems with balance, tremors and a deficiency of fearfulness of people.

The risk to people appears to beryllium low. “There isn’t yet immoderate grounds that reddish foxes oregon different chaotic mammals …

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