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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