"We test all our own birds regularly if they're sick," said Alex Herman, Vice President of Veterinary Services at the Oakland Zoo. "So far since the beginning of HPAI a few years ago we haven't had a single bird here, but we do a lot of work, a lot of due diligence, there's a lot of biosecurity in place."
"When we hit the higher levels like with more recent cases in the inner Bay Area picking up over the past couple of months, we've moved from what we call Level 2 to Level 3," said Herman. "We do footbaths, and feeding strategies, to minimize exposure to wild birds."
"It's Lindsey Wildlife Experience. It's the USDA, really working together, International Bird Rescue, all talking to each other, sharing information on what we're seeing as this outbreak progresses and really ebbs and flows," said Herman.
"The USDA did approve a vaccine for HPAI for California Condors as a critically endangered species, so of course our five condors here at the zoo are vaccinated for HPAI."
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