Newcastle Disease — United States
As reports of mourning and Eurasian collared dove die offs in the Kuna area [Ada county] filter in to Fish and Game offices, forensic testing on several dead birds from the area has pinpointed the cause of death as pigeon paramyxovirus, a strain of paramyxovirus that is common to pigeons and doves.
Similar dove die offs were recently reported in the Idaho city area, while a large pigeon die off occurred during summer [2018] in Mountain Home due to a different strain of paramyxovirus.
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