What is the disease among the waterfowl at the Boy’s Ranch Lake?
• Lab results at the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at Texas A&M University have confirmed the presence of a herpes virus infection called Duck Virus Enteritis (DVE). This virus only affects waterfowl. It can be fatal to many species of waterfowl such as ducks, geese, and swans. Some species, such as the Muscovy ducks that make up the majority of the duck population in Bedford, are more susceptible to this virus than other species of waterfowl. This naturally occurring virus has been confirmed from coast to coast and from Mexico to Canada in at least 22 states since first being diagnosed in New York in 1967.
