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Bird flu outbreak reported in Leake County
Posted Thursday, February 9, 2023 4:08 pm
A poultry farm in Leake County has been quarantined after poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier this week, leaving roughly 90,000 chickens affected, state agriculture authorities say.
A Mississippi Board of Animal Health press release issued Thursday said officials have been notified by the Mississippi Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory of the outbreak, which was confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Samples from the flock were tested at the MPRDL, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, and confirmed at the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, officials said.
The release did not say where the poultry farm is in Leake County and did not mention if the situation posed any threat to neighboring or nearby farms...
Bird flu outbreak reported in Leake County
Posted Thursday, February 9, 2023 4:08 pm
A poultry farm in Leake County has been quarantined after poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza earlier this week, leaving roughly 90,000 chickens affected, state agriculture authorities say.
A Mississippi Board of Animal Health press release issued Thursday said officials have been notified by the Mississippi Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory of the outbreak, which was confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Samples from the flock were tested at the MPRDL, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, and confirmed at the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, officials said.
The release did not say where the poultry farm is in Leake County and did not mention if the situation posed any threat to neighboring or nearby farms...