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The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced Nov. 7 that a backyard chicken flock in Kent County tested presumptive positive for bird flu after experiencing a high death rate. The remainder of the flock is being depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease.
In just 22 days, a new avian influenza outbreak has hit 18 farms in Indiana, leading to more than 92,000 chickens and ducks being killed. On Wednesday, the Indiana Board of Animal Health put three more farms under quarantine.
According to Dr Kumar, guidelines issued by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying were followed for sampling and general protocol to control the avian flu
Across the region, the HPAI situation has deteriorated sharply since the start of October, particularly in Germany.
The egg producer said in a letter to the state’s Department of Workforce Development that the layoffs are based on “unforeseen business circumstances” arising from an avian flu outbreak.
PETALUMA, Calif. -- The avian flu is hitting California hard. More than three million birds have been euthanized in the Golden State now. The first Sonoma County outbreaks were detected in Petaluma a month ago. At that time, 250,000 birds were put down.
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