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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has located the songbird illness in 69 counties including White, Carroll, Cass, Pulaski, Jasper, Benton and Tippecanoe.Â
According to Allisyn Gillet â state ornithologist for Indiana DNR â as of July 8, more than 280 sick or dead songbird reports have been made across Indiana.Â
In a press conference with Gillet, the ornithologist stated the labs testing the birds have not found a direct connection between the birds illness and their cicada consumption. Birds have also tested negative for influenza and West Nile virus.
The DNR is working with the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and U.S. Geological Survey s National Wildlife Health Center to track and identify the illness.Â
Sick and dying songbirds now found in 69 counties across Indiana: Cause still unknown
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