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CBC: Die-off of hundreds of birds something Manitoba hasn’t experienced ‘at this scale’: biologist

December 12, 2025 — 
Dr. Hannah Wallace, lead research associate in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba with expertise in viral immunology, said it is strange that after years of avian influenza circulating in North America there would be so many bird deaths at once. 

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Two Flying Canada Geese (Branta canadensis).

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CTV News: Niverville, Man. goose die-off tied to avian flu: biologist

December 4, 2025 — 
Dr. Hannah Wallace has studied infectious diseases like avian influenza for several years at the University of Manitoba Kindrachuk Lab. She said the disease has remained problematic for birds over the last four years.

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