article_snippet: It's the same highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian influenza that's been confirmed in backyard and wild birds in Washington, Oregon and IdahoIdaho.
article_snippet: a deadly strain of bird flu carried by wild waterfowl that are not sickened by it has already been found in the Pacific Northwest .
article_snippet: the disease is carried by wild waterfowl that aren't sickened by the disease.
article_snippet: The state veterinarian said The state veterinarian was possible the virus may have been tracked into the barns from fecal material left by infected wild birds.
article_snippet: It's also possible for infected waterfowl to transmit the virus to shore birds that might then get into a turkey barn, The state veterinarian added.
highlights_snippet: It is the same strain of H5N2 that has been found in wild birds across Washington, Oregon and Idaho .
  