Maine: Bird flu in a backyard flocks reported

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Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...an-influenza-discovered-for-1st-time-in-maine

A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected for the first time in a backyard flock in Maine.
By Associated Press
Feb. 20, 2022, at 12:45 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report

A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected for the first time in Maine, federal officials said Sunday.

State officials quarantined the property in Knox County and the backyard flock will be eliminated to prevent the spread of the disease, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...

 

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Source: https://www.foxbangor.com/news/item/2nd-avian-flu-case-found-in-maine/

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 15:44
2nd avian flu case found in Maine
Written by Blake Lipton

STATEWIDE — Maine animal health officials have responded to the second avian influenza case in the state.

According to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in a sample taken from a second small flock of non-commercial, non-poultry backyard birds in Knox County.

The property is located around three kilometers from the property where the strain was first detected...

 

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https://bangordailynews.com/2022/02...uple-to-kill-entire-chicken-flock-n6hjn1me0n/
Maine’s 1st avian flu outbreak forces couple to kill entire chicken flock
by Abigail Curtis 9 hours ago

Charly Haversat and her husband, Jack Matheson, love the flock of 25 friendly chickens and ducks they raised in their Cushing backyard.

So last Monday, when Haversat went down to the coop and saw that a chicken named Salt had died, they were saddened. Later that day, alarm set in when they found another chicken dead. The death of a third chicken the following day prompted full-scale panic.

“These were our pets,” she said.

The couple talked to their veterinarian, who asked if they could send one of the dead birds to be tested and said that avian flu was a remote possibility. By the time the test results came in at the end of the week, seven more chickens had died.

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It was perhaps hardest to euthanize Stevie, a Pekin duck who was full of personality. He was their favorite duck, and acted as the elder statesman of the flock.

“He was the last one to go in, and he was the one that nearly killed us,” Haversat said. “We’ll recover, but we have a new normal. We won’t have the morning joy.”...

 

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Source: https://q1065.fm/avian-flu-found-in-backyard-flocks-of-2-more-maine-counties/

Avian Flu Found in Backyard Flocks of 2 More Maine Counties
Cindy Campbell
Published: March 17, 2022

Two more backyard flocks of poultry have been diagnosed with highly pathogenic Avian flu.

Where Have the Latest Cases Been Found?

In February, two non-commercial flocks of birds in Knox County were discovered to be infected with the virus. Now, the USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories have confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, in samples taken from two small flocks of non-commercial backyard birds in Lincoln and York counties One flock in each has been found to be infected...

 

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Source: https://bangordailynews.com/2022/03...s-5th-maine-county-to-report-avian-flu-cases/

Cumberland is 5th Maine county to report avian flu cases
by Leela Stockley 12 mins ago

More cases of the deadly avian influenza have been reported in Cumberland County.

The cases affected a mixed flock of about 150 poultry and were reported on March 22, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

 

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Source: https://bangordailynews.com/2022/03...ckyard-flock-in-washington-county-xoasq1i29i/

18 birds killed after avian flu infects backyard flock in Washington County
by Julia Bayly 4 hours ago

...The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed several birds from a backyard flock in Machiasport tested positive for the virus on March 26. Last month six cases were confirmed in wild ducks in Washington County.

This marks the northernmost confirmed case of the virus in a domestic flock since it was first reported in Maine earlier this year. The H5N1 avian influenza was first identified in a small flock in Knox County in February and has since led to the deaths of more than 600 birds, both from the virus itself and from euthanization of the remaining flock. Keepers of backyard poultry are being urged to take every precaution to prevent its spread...

 

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