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Iowa agriculture officials announced that a commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm case identified since April, when a turkey farm was infected.
The latest case is located in Wright County, north central Iowa, about 80 miles (north of Des Moines , which houses about 1.1 million chickens.
Iowa has had 15 infected commercial farms this year, including turkeys, laying hens, and other chickens. In addition, five backyard flocks have been infected.Because the virus is highly contagious, all birds on an infected farm are killed and culled to prevent the spread of the disease.
Iowa has been the most affected with the loss of av is in more than 13.3 million this year before the last farm was found to be infected.
A national level, more than 47.7 million birds have been affected in 43 states, including 328 commercial flocks and 328 backyard flocks, as shown by figures from the Department of Agriculture of USA
Most of the Iowa cases occurred during the spring migration of wild birds in March and April, with one reported to early May. The virus was not detected again until a backyard flock became infected on 20 in October and then the last infection was confirmed on Monday.
Federal and state agriculture officials were concerned that he might return with the migration. fall infection of wild birds, which often carry the virus but do not get sick. The virus can be spread through the droppings or nasal secretions of an infected bird, which can contaminate dust and soil.
Avian influenza is an infectious disease that mainly affects birds and is caused by a virus of the Orthomyxoviridae family , which causes a serious disease in birds that can spread rapidly, producing high mortality rates in different bird species.
Most of the Influenza viruses circulating in birds are not zoonotic. However, some strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza have the ability to infect humans, posing a threat to public health.
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