'Highly Pathogenic' Bird Flu Detected On Long Island, Poultry Farmers On Alert
A "highly pathogenic" bird flu is expanding across the U.S. as the latest infections were detected in a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in Suffolk County, New York, according to a statement released by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
On Saturday, the APHIS confirmed positive tests for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in what the agency described as a "small, non-commercial backyard flock" on Long Island. Poultry farmers in the area have been told to be on high alert.
"State officials quarantined the affected premises, and birds on the properties will be depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease. Birds from the flock will not enter the food system," APHIS said in a statement.
Despite the U.S. having the "strongest A.I. surveillance program" to monitor disease in commercial poultry operations, live bird markets, and in migratory wild bird populations, other states are reporting outbreaks.
Blogger's note: If my memory serves me didn't this first show up in Asia several years ago? Didn't it appear that the Avian Bird Flu was another construct from three other viruses? Didn't a mixture of it appear in the flu vaccine in Europe around 2008 and 2009? So we need more fear porn. They do not tell you that it is rarely transmitted from human to human.
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