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The state's first case of bird flu in domestic birds has been found in Newport County, RI
Alex Kuffner
Oct. 21, 2022
PROVIDENCE – Authorities have detected a highly contagious form of avian flu in domestic birds in Rhode Island for the first time.
The state Department of Environmental Management on Friday euthanized a small, backyard flock of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys on a farm in Newport County after confirming that some had been infected with a strain of influenza that has spread throughout much of the country in recent months and led to the deaths of millions of birds.
It’s not the first case of the strain of flu in Rhode Island. That occurred in July when a great black-backed gull found seriously ill on a South Kingstown beach tested positive for the virus. But the Newport County case is the first confirmation of the virus in a domestic flock....
The state's first case of bird flu in domestic birds has been found in Newport County, RI
Alex Kuffner
Oct. 21, 2022
PROVIDENCE – Authorities have detected a highly contagious form of avian flu in domestic birds in Rhode Island for the first time.
The state Department of Environmental Management on Friday euthanized a small, backyard flock of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys on a farm in Newport County after confirming that some had been infected with a strain of influenza that has spread throughout much of the country in recent months and led to the deaths of millions of birds.
It’s not the first case of the strain of flu in Rhode Island. That occurred in July when a great black-backed gull found seriously ill on a South Kingstown beach tested positive for the virus. But the Newport County case is the first confirmation of the virus in a domestic flock....