New strain of bird flu found in California: Current status in maps
The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. The Paris-based organization that studies animal diseases said it's the first verified U.S. case of H5N9 in poultry. The organization said the more common strain H5N1 was also found.
How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a newer variant of the H5N1 virus. That variant is called H5N1 D1.1, the USDA spokesperson said, which has emerged over the past year to dominate U.S. cases in wild birds and poultry.
First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...
This week, the World Organization for Animal Health reported that it had been notified by the USDA that a November outbreak ...
A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...
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U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a ...
US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying ...
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Bird flu, or Avian influenza, is a virus that is spread from infected cows, birds and other animals to people.
In California, the average price for a dozen large eggs was $8.97, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The average ...
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