Where is this happening?
Dr. Nicole Lewis, the Division of Fish and Wildlife's veterinarian, said this morbidity and mortality event began in Washington, D.C., the disease's apparent epicenter, in mid-May with more than 100 cases reported.
Since then, cases have been reported in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
About 20 cases have been reported in the Garden State in the past couple of weeks, she said. But she is expecting these numbers to increase.
What are the symptoms?
"They are sick and dying. We're seeing a lot of eye swelling with crusty discharge and some neurological signs. Some have both, some have one or the other and these birds are usually succumbing to the disease," Lewis said.