Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Bird Flu is Back!

The bird flu much like many other flu's have came and went across America and never returned, until now. The H5N2 virus that killed millions of poultry has been found for the first time in 14 months. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/08/26/devastating-bird-flu-strain-found-in-us-wild-duck-usda-says.html
This is a highly pathogenic strain which means it is very deadly to domesticated animals but wild animals can show little to no symptoms. Humans require very high contact with the infected birds to risk getting it and currently no humans have contracted this strain. It will be interesting to see this fall if the migration of these wild birds spreads the H5N2 and we have another large death among our food supply.

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