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Experts warn farmers to be cautious because the bird flu has been reported in Ohio. Experts and farmers are keeping an eye out for avian influenza, as cases continue to spread across the globe and throughout the U.S.

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes posted on their Facebook page that geese and other birds recently reported dead were confirmed to have been infected with bird flu by ODNR.

The Akron Zoo also posted on their Facebook page that many of their birds have been moved indoors or into a protected habitat to protect them from avian influenza.

“This particular strain of what’s called the H5N1 is one that’s really showing a lot of impact within backyard flocks and commercial poultry operations across the U.S. and in other countries as well,” said Dr. Dennis Summers, state veterinarian for Ohio.

Dr. Summers said that the avian influenza can spread through migrating wild birds, whose droppings can come into contact with poultry, farm raised or domestic birds. For free range birds, there’s also a risk of coming into contact with infected wild birds if they were to land nearby. Oftentimes waterfowl are the birds most commonly carrying the virus.

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