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CDC warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (319+ words) At least 34 people in 13 states have been sickened with salmonella poisoning traced to contact with backyard poultry, including some with infections resistant to common antibiotics, federal health officials said. Backyard poultry include birds like chicken, ducks, geese, guinea fowl and…...
Washington resident is infected with a different type of bird flu
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (361+ words) A sign with the CDC logo is displayed at the entrance to the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on March 2, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) It is the nation's first human case of bird flu since February. The older…...
Bird flu hits migrating cranes hard in Germany as the virus flares up
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (426+ words) Bird flu has flared up early and quickly in the country this year. Since early September, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany's national animal health authority, has recorded 30 outbreaks at poultry farms as well as cases among wild birds in various…...
2, 000 mink released from Iowa farm in what trade group calls 'terrorist act"
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (362+ words) One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2, 000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a "terrorist act" under federal law. Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, fencing was cut and pens…...
Endangered whooping crane dies of avian flu at Wisconsin wildlife refuge
7+ mon, 15+ hour ago (357+ words) The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a strain of avian…...
Long Island Duck Farm rebuilds after a flu outbreak culled its entire flock
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (109+ words) Long Island's last Duck Farm was a casualty of the global avian flu outbreak, one of many farms around the U. S. that had to cull their entire flock, sending the prices of eggs and other agricultural commodities soaring. Now the century-old…...
Long Island's last duck farm is quacking again after losing its entire flock to the bird flu
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (796+ words) Within days, Crescent Duck Farm became a casualty of the global avian flu outbreak, one of many farms around the U. S. that had to cull their entire flock, sending the prices of eggs and other agricultural commodities soaring. Now the more…...
Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens across 7 states
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (215+ words) A salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest, federal health officials said Saturday. The August Egg Company recalled about 1. 7 million brown organic and brown cage-free…...
Thousands of chickens survive USPS mishap to drain shelter resources
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (61+ words) More than 12, 000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were abandoned in a USPS truck for more than three days. Trapped in a warm enclosure, without food and water, thousands died before they were discovered and delivered to a shelter equipped…...
Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelter
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (529+ words) More than 12, 000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days. Trapped in a warm enclosure without food and water, thousands of the young birds died before they were discovered and…...