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Alaska Identifies First Case of H5N2 Bird Flu
By The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? Aug 26, 2016, 3:35 PM ET
The bird flu strain that wiped out millions of turkeys and chickens in the Midwest last year has been found in Alaska for the first time.
State health officials say a positive sample of a highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian flu came from a mallard duck. It was among wild bird samples collected during a banding project at a Fairbanks area waterfowl refuge earlier this month...
Alaska Identifies First Case of H5N2 Bird Flu
By The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? Aug 26, 2016, 3:35 PM ET
The bird flu strain that wiped out millions of turkeys and chickens in the Midwest last year has been found in Alaska for the first time.
State health officials say a positive sample of a highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian flu came from a mallard duck. It was among wild bird samples collected during a banding project at a Fairbanks area waterfowl refuge earlier this month...
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