Bird Flu Found at Georgia Poultry Plant: Outbreak in Hart County Is 3rd Instance in State This Month
For the third time in less than a month, a Georgia commercial poultry flock has tested positive for a contagious strain of bird flu that’s deadly to birds, state agriculture officials announced Wednesday.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture said the virus, the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, was detected in a Hart County facility used for breeding “broilers,” or chickens raised for meat. Hart County is located in rural northeast Georgia.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said...
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