As a result, Norcera has put the call out to bird hunters on social media asking to collect the hearts from ruffed and spruce grouse game birds. While hunting season is open, our lab is issuing a request for grouse hearts! The team is predicting that the ruffed grouse is the carrier species but need the hearts of the other bird species to compare infection rates. "We're using spruce grouse as kind of a control species," said Douglas Munn, a graduate student in forestry and environmental management, is working on the grouse experiment. (Shane Fowler/CBC)"We have a few spruce grouse hearts," Munn said.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2017 11:33 UTC