Botulism — United States
The suspected leading cause of duck deaths in Beach Haven West [Stafford Township, New Jersey] lagoons is botulism, although final results won’t be available for about a week, state Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] officials said today [3 Aug 2017], a day after the ducks were fished from the lagoons in the waterfront community.
“Botulism lives in stagnant waters,” Larry Hajna, a public information officer for the state agency, said this afternoon [3 Aug 2017], noting runoff from
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