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  • GA: Avian flu in a duck breeding farm in Sumter Co.

    Source: https://www.ajc.com/news/bird-flu-ou...PJEODQIFWV3NA/

    Bird flu outbreak confirmed at commercial duck farm in South Georgia
    Food chain unaffected, but about 30,000 birds will be euthanized to contain the outbreak​

    By Zachary Hansen
    3 hours ago

    State and federal authorities are working to contain Georgia’s first bird flu outbreak of the year in a commercial poultry operation.

    Ducks at a commercial breeding farm in Sumter County tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)/H5N1 earlier this week, the Georgia Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.​..
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