Pestilence: Over 200 Birds at the Baker’s Lake Forest Preserve in Illinois, Have Died From an Outbreak of H5 Avian Flu

As a preventative step against flu, people should avoid direct contact with wild birds and only view them from a safe distance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Even if they do not seem unwell, wild birds may carry the avian influenza virus. Avoid unprotected contact with ill or dead domestic birds (poultry)… “Do not contact surfaces that may be contaminated with wild or domestic bird saliva, mucus, or excrement,” the agency says. HNewsWire:An epidemic of H5 avian flu is thought to have killed over 200 birds in the Baker’s Lake Forest preserve in Illinois. Laboratory examinations at the University of Illinois Urban-Champaign verified the flu epidemic. The federal government performed further tests, with wildlife biologists from the Forest Preserves of Cook County delivering seven cormorants for testing and necropsy to state pathologists on April 7.…

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Pestilence: The United States’ Bird Flu Outbreak Has Officially Become the Worst on Record—The Worst is Yet to Come

HNewsWire: The US outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu is now the worst on record, with 50.54 million birds culled, US Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. Earlier this week, the outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in South Dakota resulted in tens of thousands of birds being culled to avoid spreading. This was enough to top the previous record of 50.5 million birds that died in the 2015 avian-flu outbreak. Readers have been well-informed this year about the devastating bird flu outbreak ravaging commercial poultry farms nationwide. Here’s the latest map of the epidemic spreading across the US. We cautioned at the start of this month of the “possibility of additional outbreaks” and noted ahead of Thanksgiving that supermarket egg prices were hyperinflating because a large swath of the nation’s egg-laying hens was wiped out. “The virus…

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Update: Pestilence: Bird Flu Detected in Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana as Outbreak Spreads, Wild Birds Can Carry HPAI A(h5) Viruses Without Showing Symptoms

‘Highly Pathogenic’ Bird Flu Detected On Long Island, Poultry Farmers On Alert According to a statement released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a “highly pathogenic” bird flu is spreading across the United States, with the latest infections detected in a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in Suffolk County, New York (APHIS). On Saturday, the APHIS confirmed positive tests for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a “small, non-commercial backyard flock” on Long Island, according to the agency. Farmers in the vicinity have been warned to be on the lookout. “The afflicted properties have been quarantined, and the birds on the properties will be depopulated to prevent the sickness from spreading. The flock’s birds will not reach the food chain “In a statement, APHIS said. Other states are reporting outbreaks despite the United…

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