Virus Infected Turkeys

[tomstopper]

Just got off the phone with my stepdad and he said that today he seen a gobbler standing in the middle of a back road and it didn't hear or see his truck get about 5 feet away. He stopped and got out and said that he couldn't see its eyes because its whole head and neck was covered in huge growths/tumors. Googled diseases and wild turkeys in NY and the below link s what I found.

My question is, Has anyone else seen this (especially in NY) and even though the article says that we shouldn't be concerned, should we be?

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/01/21/scientists-tumor-causing-virus-widespread-in-wild-turkeys/

[owlhoot]

Some were turned in to conservation in NE Missouri a few years back. populations down then.

Some blackhead in domestics could wipe out a farm i had heard.