There is concern among bird experts as the usutu virus or “black bird virus” is back. It is a virus native to Africa, but which has also been circulating in Europe since the 1990s. “The virus probably hitchhiked migratory birds,” says veterinarian Naomi Terriere of the Wildlife Health Center (UGent) in “The world today” on Radio 1. “Initially the disease caused little damage, but in 2016, 2017 and 2018 a serious epidemic raged among the blackbirds in Flanders “. In 2017, the population even decreased by 50%.
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