{"id":6405,"date":"2019-05-28T02:04:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T02:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/?p=6405"},"modified":"2019-05-28T02:04:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T02:04:32","slug":"wild-ducks-get-help-avian-botulism-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wild-ducks-get-help-avian-botulism-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Ducks Get Help During Avian Botulism Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6408\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/duck-intake-collage-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905.jpg\" alt=\"collage of ducks arriving at rescue\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/duck-intake-collage-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/duck-intake-collage-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This story was shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/goldcountrywildliferescue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold Country Wildlife Rescue<\/a> in Auburn, California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During the month of September 2018. Gold Country Wildlife Rescue was asked to help out Nevada Department of Wildlife with an outbreak of avian botulism in Truckee Meadows and Fallon, a valley and a city respectively in northern Nevada. A local news station posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolotv.com\/content\/news\/Wildlife-officials-monitoring-waterfowl-disease-491572141.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> describing what causes this type of disease outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of about a month and a half, Gold Country received approximately 260 ducks of different species, mainly Northern shovelers and green-winged teal, that were suffering from botulism. They were weak, unable to fly, swim, or eat. There are no medications that can be given to birds with botulism; the only treatment is supportive care.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6409\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ducks-on-towels-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905.jpg\" alt=\"sick ducks propped up on towels\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ducks-on-towels-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/ducks-on-towels-gold-country-wildlife-rescue-1905-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We tube-fed these ducks approximately four times a day a mixture of <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">EmerAid Intensive Care Omnivore<\/a> and a duck food. Because they were unable to walk or move much, we placed all the ducks on towel \u201cdonuts\u201d to support them. We also changed out their bedding with every feeding to help them with regaining their waterproofing.<\/p>\n<p>As they started to heal and could move, they spent time being monitored in a pool. Once they began eating on their own and regained their ability to fly, they were released.<\/p>\n<p>Rehabbing these ducks took many long hours, many volunteers and staff, and a lot of EmerAid. We took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoldCountryWildlifeRescue\/videos\/2225567291037039\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video of a release<\/a>, and it\u2019s a sight to behold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of wild ducks received supportive care from Gold Country Wildlife Rescue when avian botulism infected nearby bird populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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