United States: Bird flu strain detected in Michigan flock
United States
Published Feb 25, 2022
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A highly pathogenic strain of avian flu has been detected in Michigan in a flock of non-commercial backyard birds in Kalamazoo County, federal authorities said Thursday.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A highly pathogenic strain of avian flu has been detected in Michigan in a flock of noncommercial backyard birds in Kalamazoo County, federal authorities said Thursday. Samples from the flock were analyzed at the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service laboratories in Ames, Iowa. State authorities have quarantined the location where the outbreak occurred in Kalamazoo County and the birds on that property "will be depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease," the USDA said in a statement, noting that the birds in that flock they will not enter the food system. This strain of the virus can be deadly to commercial poultry. These bird flu cases are among the latest in the United States that have put farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs on high alert, fearing a repeat of the 2015 bird flu outbreak that killed ...
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