Hen flu present in Virginia, Kentucky

Well being officers say they’ve detected a pressure of the chicken flu in Kentucky and Virginia indicating a diffusion of the influenza after 30,000 turkeys have been euthanized on an Indiana farm final week after it was found among the many inhabitants. 

In an announcement on Monday, america Division of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of chicken flu in a flock of economic broiler chickens in Fulton County, Kentucky, and a yard flock of mixed-species birds in Fauquier County, Virginia.

APHIS mentioned in an announcement the chickens within the two contaminated flocks shall be quarantined and killed off, including that no human circumstances of the virus have been detected within the U.S. but. 

“APHIS is working intently with state animal well being officers in Kentucky and Virginia on joint incident responses. State officers quarantined the affected premises, and birds on the properties shall be depopulated to stop the unfold of the illness. Depopulation is full in Virginia. Birds from the flocks won’t enter the meals system,” the company mentioned in its assertion. 

In response to the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, these avian influenza detections don’t current a right away public well being concern.

Mexico joined different international locations final week that banned or restricted poultry imports from Indiana because of the flu virus being detected within the state, in response to Bloomberg Information.