What is the Department of the Interior doing to check wild migratory birds for avian influenza?

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Answer:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), in collaboration with state fish and wildlife agencies, are strategically sampling migratory birds for H5N1 in Alaska, elsewhere in the Pacific Flyway, and on the Pacific Islands. These efforts complement wild bird surveillance being conducted throughout the U.S. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other cooperating agencies and groups.

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Last Updated: 04/04/2007