{"id":5882,"date":"2026-10-13T03:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/bird-flu-confirmed-in-st-louis-county-ducks\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T03:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:11:47","slug":"bird-flu-confirmed-in-st-louis-county-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/bird-flu-confirmed-in-st-louis-county-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Flu Confirmed in St. Louis County Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> BALLWIN, MO \u2013 October 13, 2026 (STL.News) The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is urging residents to avoid contact with wild birds after two ducks tested positive for avian influenza at an apartment complex in Ballwin, raising concerns about possible exposure among residents, pets, and other wildlife. The confirmed infections were reported Friday, October 9, at the Retreat at Seven Trails apartment complex in west St. Louis County. According to county health officials, the infected ducks belonged to a semi-domesticated flock that includes wild ducks and potentially geese. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F0ahVsLTfdg8%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"After bird flu cases, STL County Health urges residents to stay away from wild birds\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ahVsLTfdg8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> The discovery prompted public health officials to work<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/bird-flu-confirmed-in-st-louis-county-ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALLWIN, MO \u2013 October 13, 2026 (STL.News) The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is urging residents to avoid contact with wild birds after two ducks tested positive for avian influenza at an apartment complex in Ballwin, raising concerns&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5884,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5882\/revisions\/5884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}