Officials may have discovered what killed over 100 ducks near Salmon
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The following is a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
While laboratory test results are pending on the dead ducks found south of Salmon, preliminary necropsies sent to the National Wildlife Health Center indicate a potential acute Aspergillosis infection, a respiratory illness caused by a fungus commonly found in soil, dead vegetation, compost piles and moldy grains.
Formal results are pending on several more tests, which may take up to two weeks to determine the exact cause of death.
While the number of dead ducks found seems to have slowed, IDFG continues to search the site, as well as surrounding areas for any additional mortality. Over 100 ducks, all mallards, have been founds since IDFG receive the initial report by a concerned resident Dec. 7. The ducks were found in a relatively small area, along an irrigation ditch just south of Salmon and nearby sloughs and ponds.