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Birds roosting in large groups less likely to contract West Nile virus
October 23, 2014
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A University of Illinois study found that when large groups of birds roost together, the chances that an individual bird will get bitten by mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus and subsequently contract the disease actually go down.Full StorySource
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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