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H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads Across North America: New US Cases, Canadian Cull, and Global Marine Mammal Deaths
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Bird flu outbreaks continue to challenge poultry industries across North America, with fresh detections in the US and a controversial cull in Canada dominating headlines. In Indiana, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed new H5N1 cases in hard-hit counties, including a duck operation with 4,800 birds and a table egg facility with 91,200 birds in Elkhart County, plus 15,300 ducks in LaGrange County, according to CIDRAP reports. Over the past 30 days, 56 flocks nationwide lost nearly 5 million birds, pushing Pennsylvania's total since 2022 to 16 million, per state officials and USDA data cited in Lebtown.
No new human H5N1 infections were reported to the CDC for the week ending April 4, maintaining zero person-to-person transmission in the US, as detailed in the latest FluView summary. Senator Tammy Baldwin urged the Trump Administration to accelerate a national vaccination strategy for poultry to curb losses exceeding 200 million birds since 2022 and prevent egg price spikes, in a press release from her office.
In Canada, a British Columbia ostrich farm faced a $7 million cull of 314 birds after H5N1 confirmation, sparking protests and an RCMP probe into owners' actions, as investigated by CBC's the fifth estate. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency enforced the stamping-out policy to protect the poultry sector.
Globally, Australian scientists confirmed H5 bird flu in southern elephant seals, fur seals, and gentoo penguins on the remote Heard and McDonald Islands, per Sky News Australia on April 11. California's Año Nuevo State Park reopens this weekend after an H5N1 outbreak killed marine mammals, marking the state's first such detection.
Experts warn wild bird migration could fuel the next wave, with ongoing surveillance critical.
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No new human H5N1 infections were reported to the CDC for the week ending April 4, maintaining zero person-to-person transmission in the US, as detailed in the latest FluView summary. Senator Tammy Baldwin urged the Trump Administration to accelerate a national vaccination strategy for poultry to curb losses exceeding 200 million birds since 2022 and prevent egg price spikes, in a press release from her office.
In Canada, a British Columbia ostrich farm faced a $7 million cull of 314 birds after H5N1 confirmation, sparking protests and an RCMP probe into owners' actions, as investigated by CBC's the fifth estate. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency enforced the stamping-out policy to protect the poultry sector.
Globally, Australian scientists confirmed H5 bird flu in southern elephant seals, fur seals, and gentoo penguins on the remote Heard and McDonald Islands, per Sky News Australia on April 11. California's Año Nuevo State Park reopens this weekend after an H5N1 outbreak killed marine mammals, marking the state's first such detection.
Experts warn wild bird migration could fuel the next wave, with ongoing surveillance critical.
Thank you for tuning in. Come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for me, check out Quiet Please Dot A I.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
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