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Posted: July 11 2015 at 8:56am |
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Birds, Humans at Risk When Commonly Lost Pigeons Mingle With Infected Chickens (The largest Avian Flu outbreak in U.S. History) For Immediate Release:
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Des Moines, Iowa - As a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5)
sweeps much of the country-with close to 32 million turkeys and
chickens killed by it on farms in Iowa alone-PETA sent a letter this
morning to Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey calling on him to
take preventive action by immediately suspending pigeon racing in the
state. The races-which pit thousands of small birds against the elements
and predators-often leave more than 60 percent of the animals lost or
dead and could contribute to an already devastating epidemic when
exhausted or lost birds land on contaminated farms in search of food and
water. As the virus rapidly spreads from one farm to another, the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reports that the presence of
free-flying birds in poultry houses is a potential mode of transmission.
PETA points out that adding to these numbers can only exacerbate the
problem. The U.S. Department of Agriculture believes that H5 is most
likely to strike again in September during fall migrations. This will
coincide with the young-bird pigeon-racing season, which has the highest
rate of lost pigeons. |
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http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/07/08/usda-grapples-largest-animal-health-emergency-history/29887527/
1:21 p.m. EDT July 9, 2015 - why aren't we hearing about this on Fox and CNN? WASHINGTON – The chief veterinary officer of the United States laid out a dire picture Wednesday of the devastating spread of highly contagious bird flu this year through some 232 poultry facilities, forcing the killing of 7.5 million turkeys and 42 million chickens, including roughly 10 percent of the nation's egg-laying population. "Today, we are facing the largest animal health emergency in this country's history," Dr. John Clifford, deputy administrator for the USDA's animal and plant health inspection service, said in written testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "People have lost their jobs and have seen their livelihoods put in danger, and our hearts go out to them." comment: I continue to check the dates on these posts - and so far I am coming up with this is asbreaking news. Medclinician |
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/07/senate-committee-considers-impact-of-bird-flu/29823229/
WASHINGTON — Egg and poultry groups Tuesday criticized the Agriculture Department's handling of the worst avian flu outbreak in U.S. history, with one Iowa turkey producer charging the response allowed the deadly virus to spread. At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing about the bird flu outbreak that has devastated producers in Iowa and 14 other states, Brad Moline, a third-generation turkey farmer from Manson, Iowa, told lawmakers that state and federal officials were slow to sit down with poultry groups to outline how they planned to combat the disease and what would be required of the industry. comment: This is the real news and the worst hit on our poultry industry by Avian flu in history. |
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/28/us-health-birdflu-iowa-idUSKCN0Q22J520150728
n">Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on Tuesday extended the state's bird flu disaster proclamation by a month until Aug. 30, keeping in place a raft of state resources for poultry farms recovering from an outbreak of the disease, country's worst-ever. Without the extension, the disaster proclamation would have expired on July 31 even though a cleanup had not yet been completed, the governor's office said in a release. More than 48 million birds, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died from highly pathogenic avian influenza or been culled to control its spread since late last year. Medclinician |
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