Tag Archive for PRO/AH> Avian influenza (164): USA (GA) HPAI H5N2, poultry, proactive prevention

PRO/AH> Avian influenza (164): USA (GA) HPAI H5N2, poultry, proactive prevention

Avian Influenza -- Worldwide/Unknown3 farms in far south Georgia, USA ordered eggs or chicks from an Iowa farm that initially showed no signs of avian influenza, but later tested positive. State veterinarian Dr. Robert Cobb says late last week, the USDA [US Department of Agriculture] alerted Georgia and 36 other states of the possibility that the birds had been exposed. Cobb dispatched teams Tuesday [16 Jun 2015] to seize and slaughter those flocks. "We are depopulating all their poultry so that Read more [...]