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Bird flu detected in US farms, industry on alert

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 15 Feb 2022 08:14
2 Min Read

The US Department of Agriculture places farms in quarantine as bird flu was detected in a total of three farms in the country.

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  • A spokesperson for the National Chicken Council said any detection of the virus was worrying.
    A spokesperson for the National Chicken Council said any detection of the virus was worrying.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday it had detected bird flu in two farms after a first case was detected last week, putting the industry on alert.

After having already detected the virus in wild birds on several occasions on the east coast in recent weeks, the Department said on February 9 it had found the disease in birds on a farm in Indiana. 

On Monday, it reported that two more farms had been affected, in Kentucky and Virginia. 

The authorities have placed the sites in quarantine and the birds will be slaughtered to avoid possible spread throughout the country, which according to the USDA is the largest producer of poultry in the world. 

No cases detected in humans

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No cases have been detected in humans so far and the disease does not present an immediate public health threat, the authorities noted. 

But the agricultural sector will remain vigilant to avoid a repeat of the 2015 avian flu outbreak, which affected 211 farms in 15 states, from California to Indiana.

During that outbreak, nearly 50 million birds were killed and their carcasses destroyed, as several countries suspended US imports. The USDA estimated total losses at about $3.3 billion. 

Detection of the virus was worrying

After the first case was discovered in Indiana last week, Mexico and China moved quickly to limit imports from Indiana.

A spokesperson for the National Chicken Council said in an email to AFP that any detection of the virus was "worrying" but described the control and monitoring program put in place by the authorities as "the most robust in the world." 

Tyson Foods, one of the largest chicken producers in the US, pointed out when it released its results on February 7 that it had already increased preventative measures, in particular on the east coast of the country.

The group has limited the number of visits to its farms and increased cleaning time for vehicles traveling to them. 

Europe is already experiencing an avian flu outbreak, with more than 18 million birds slaughtered in Italy and around three million in France since the first cases detected in farms at the end of November.

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