A new strain of bird flu was identified in China in 2013. This influenza A virus is termed H7N9 (H7N9 Chinese bird flu). The identification of the virus (H7N9) was reported Mar. 31, 2013; the strain is antigenically different from the H5N1 bird flu virus. Unfortunately, the H7N9 strain ...
February 25, 2022– A suspected outbreak of bird flu in Indiana in the US has sparked concern in the United States and that concern could trickle down to the islands. It could be another factor rocketing the price of consumer goods. The virus was initially suspected on a farm in Indiana a...
WHITING, Ind. (CBS) --Indiana wildlife officials were testing birds from another Lake Michigan beach, after dozens of dead ducks washed up on Whiting's shoreline. Officials were worried the deaths could be the result of highly contagious avian influenza, or bird flu. More than 40 dead ducks ...
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Anoutbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenzain chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on February 8, 2022. Better known as bird flu, avian influenza is a family of highly contagious viruses that are not harmful to wild birds that...
Indiana Orders 156,000 Chickens Euthanized in Bird Flu OutbreakINDIANAPOLIS - Animal health officials investigating a bird fluoutbreak in southwest Indiana...Callahan, Rick
Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months. Officials say the highly pathogenic disease was detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota's Meeker County.
The current outbreaks in birds will burn out once there aren't enough susceptible wild birds left, allowing farmers to rebuild their flocks and prepare for the next flu season, he said. (Others, including Indiana's state veterinarian, think thevirusmay be widespread enough that it won't follo...
since 2015, when producers had to kill more than 50 million birds. So far this year, there have been cases in 24 states, with Iowa the hardest hit with about 13 million chickens and turkeys killed. Other states with sizable outbreaks include Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Indiana. ...
Along with the outbreak in Texas, cases have been reported in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York state, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and ...