For the most part symptoms of the H5N8 virus are respiratory. There are the common "flu-like" symptoms of fever, chills, headache, coughing and weakness. There are reports of there being conjunctivitis associated with the virus as well. When farmed poultry is suspected of having the virus and tests confirm, the farm will cull the birds. This way, the virus will hopefully not be passed along to the public. However, neighboring farms and area wildlife have to be tested as well.