Bird flu found in southern RI farm flock [View all]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has confirmed the presence of bird flu in a noncommercial farm flock in southern Washington County.
On Friday, members of the DEM’s Division of Agriculture and Forest Management’s Animal Health Unit humanely euthanized a flock of around 40 birds infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
Over the last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said more than 10 million birds in commercial and backyard flocks have been hit by the H5 bird flu.
The current strain of bird flu has only been detected twice in Rhode Island, with the first being in a backyard flock in October 2022 and the other in a fox kit in May 2023. The state has not yet had a positive commercial bird case.
Read more at: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/south-county/bird-flu-found-in-southern-ri-farm-flock/
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