Biologists advise cleaning feeders to prevent spread of disease among birds Texas Parks and Wildlife is asking that bird feeders be regularly cleaned to help stop the spread of disease. (Source: Lucas Bobay Cornell Lab) By KLTV Digital Media Staff | March 8, 2021 at 11:29 AM CST - Updated March 9 at 2:46 AM
AUSTIN, Texas – With spring around the corner, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists are asking residents with bird feeders to routinely clean them, and the areas surrounding them, in order to help slow the spread of potentially deadly diseases among bird species.
Seeds and seed hulls that accumulate on feeder trays and on the ground below feeders can become moldy or start decomposing, especially after heavy use or wet weather, and can make birds sick. Bird droppings, and other contaminants around and on feeders can spread infectious bird diseases.
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According to new research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, a produce-rich diet is also associated with a lower risk of premature death. And, it doesn’t take as much as you might think.
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Arlington’s Ellie McGinn and her family recently raised nearly half a million dollars to fund research into Ellie’s rare degenerative brain and spinal cord disease.
Ellie, 12, has lived with LBSL (leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation) for the last 10 years. It affects fewer than 100 people worldwide and currently has no cure. Her family has been actively fundraising for a cure since 2013.
This year’s all-virtual efforts in honor of Rare Disease Day on Feb. 28 drew a total of $400,000 in donations from around the world. Last Wednesday, the McGinn family awarded the money to the Moser Center at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, which is currently developing and testing new drug therapies that could lead to a cure for LBSL.