Avian Flu Ravages US Poultry Industry, Millions of Birds Infected Across Multiple States

Bird flu outbreaks continue to surge across the US, with fresh detections in Colorado and Pennsylvania hitting millions of birds. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reports 1.3 million commercial table egg layers sickened in Weld County, Colorado, alongside 722,000 birds on a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania farm and smaller flocks totaling 70,000 there. Philadelphia live-bird markets lost 500 animals, while South Dakota's Charles Mix County saw 71,800 turkeys infected. Over the past 30 days, 59 flocks nationwide—19 commercial and 40 backyard—have been affected, involving 4.9 million birds, per CIDRAP. Human cases remain low risk, with CDC tallying 71 confirmed or probable infections since 2024, mostly among dairy and poultry workers. California leads with 38 cases, followed by Washington at 12 and Colorado at 10. No new US human cases reported in the last 24 hours, and surveillance of over 22,600 exposed individuals has yielded 64 detections. Globally, H5N1 struck Antarctica for the first time, killing over 50 skuas in 2023-2024 summers, according to a new Scientific Reports study by Erasmus MC and UC Davis. The virus caused severe neurological symptoms in the seabirds at sites like Beak Island, raising alarms for further spread amid climate pressures. The ongoing outbreak, now in its fourth year since 2022, disrupts poultry supplies and egg prices, with wild waterfowl driving seasonal resurgences, as noted by Texas A&M experts. Thank you for tuning in. Come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for me, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.