Test Results as of 6/29/00
- To date, 191 crows and 3 pigeons have been tested by the Department of Health and
Senior Services' Public Health and Environmental Laboratory and four crows found in
Bergen County have tested positive for the presence of the West Nile virus (WNV).
Crow samples have been submitted from all counties except Camden and Cape May.
- One hundred and twelve blood samples taken from sentinel chicken flocks placed in all 21 counties and 170 mosquito pools collected in every county but Mercer, Ocean and Warren, have all tested negative for WNV.
- No human tests have been performed this year.
