Wednesday 21 January 2015

Idaho confirms avian flu cases as Washington imposes new quarantine

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Idaho officials said avian flu was confirmed in backyard chickens in the southwest of the state on Wednesday as Washington state quarantined poultry and eggs in areas where the virus was detected in chickens, geese and ducks. The highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian flu was first found in Pacific Northwest states in December, when U.S. officials confirmed the existence of that strain, and of a separate one in northern Washington state near its border with Canada, where H5N2 has killed thousands of birds. The virus is fatal for domestic birds like chickens and for two types of falcons that contracted it while in captivity. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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