Of those 469, so almost 500, we detected LPDV in 88.7%.

Basically 90% of our birds had it.

In 2021 in Maine, they found that LPDV positive females could lay about 1.4 fewer eggs per clutch on average. So that's about a 10 to 12% decrease in clutch size.

It is not uncommon at all to find that birds are co-infected with both LPDV and something else.

It's just one more thing for them to deal with, like they need something else.

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Once again.

Today we're going to talk about one of Will's favorite topics.

Turkeys. I didn't know where you're going with that. Turkeys.

I didn't know where you're going with that.

I know.

I've got a question for you, though.

Oh, no.

So can you pronounce the name of the disease that's the focus of today's episode?

Is it lympho proliferative?

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