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Food and water stations for wild birds are contributing to spread of deadly diseases, study finds

University Feeding stations providing food and water for wild birds are contributing to the spread of disease-causing parasites among farmland birds, researchers have said, with birds three times more likely to catch a parasite from thes…

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University Feeding stations providing food and water for wild birds are contributing to the spread of disease-causing parasites among farmland birds, researchers have said, with birds three times more likely to catch a parasite from these resources. Led by Dr. Rebecca Thomas as part of her Ph.D. work at the University of Leeds, and co-supervised by Dr.

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