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Australian poultry owners are urged to increase biosecurity measures as cases of avian influ- enza increase around the globe.
Global avian flu situation
Birds from the infected flock will be culled and will not enter the food system, according to state officials.
be spreading the virus, af- ter dozens tested positive along the US east coast.
MORE than 40 coun- tries around the world have reported cases of avian influenza over the past six months.
the head, eyes, comb and wattles, decreased egg production and high mortality.
In early February, buyers such as China and Korea limited poultry purchases from Indiana due to an outbreak at a commercial turkey farm there.
Australian poultry owners are being urged to increase their bios- ecurity measures and bird enthusiasts are be- ing encouraged to act if AI signs are noticed.
Contact your veteri- narian if your birds develop any of these indicators.
Kentucky officials ex- pect final test results for a separate suspected out- break among turkeys in Webster County.
Symptoms in birds include coughing, sneezing, difficulty breathing, swelling of
If you suspect AI or notice large numbers of sick or dead birds – including wild birds – contact the Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline on 1800 675 888.
The broiler chickens in Fulton County, Kentucky – located near the bor- der with Tennessee – were infected with the same H5N1 strain of highly
US detects highly lethal bird flu
■ Tyson Foods flock of 240,000 birds tested positive
A FLOCK of about 240,000 chickens owned by Tyson Foods in Ken- tucky tested positive for a highly lethal form of bird flu, according to reports from government offi- cials and the company on February 14 – wid- ening an outbreak that threatens the US poultry industry.
pathogenic avian flu as the turkeys in Indiana.
prevent the disease from spreading and is height- ening safety measures at other local farms.
that had been culled. The cases do not pre- sent an immediate public
poultry production is ex- ported, and the industry is a major user of feed grains.
Infections in the chick- ens being raised for meat triggered more restric- tions on US exports, with China blocking poultry products from Kentucky.
Spokesperson Gary Mickelson said Tyson Foods was working with government authorities to
The disease was also detected in a backyard flock of birds in Fauqui- er County in Virginia
The US is the world's largest producer and sec- ond-largest exporter of poultry meat, according to the US government.
Government data showed US frozen chicken supplies were down 14 percent from a year ago at the end of December, while turkey inventories were down 23 percent.
It is Kentucky's first out- break of the high patho- genic avian influenza, which killed more than 50 million chickens and tur- keys in the US in 2015.
The outbreak was not expected to lower overall chicken production lev- els because thousands of farms raise chickens for Tyson, Mr Mickelson said, adding that the company’s chicken products are safe to eat.
health concern.
Wild birds are thought to
The disease is hitting the market as poultry supplies are down, due to strong de- mand and labour shortages at meat plants during to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tyson Foods in Kentucky own 240,000 chickens that have tested positive for a highly lethal form of bird flu.
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