Vermont
Avian influenza continues to spread across Vermont
Extremely pathogenic avian influenza is continuous to unfold throughout Vermont and has now been present in 4 bald eagles, one red-tailed hawk, three Canada geese, one wooden duck and one turkey vulture, the state Fish & Wildlife Division stated on Thursday.
The chicken flu was initially present in a pair of bald eagles on April 8, officers stated.
There have been no stories of human an infection in Vermont. The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention considers there to be a low danger of human an infection.
Vermont Fish & Wildlife program supervisor David Sausville suggested Vermonters with flocks of birds to forestall contact with wild birds and to take away chicken feeders to forestall wild birds from congregating.
Sausville requested that Vermonters proceed to report doable chicken flu instances to Vermont Fish & Wildlife.
— Kathryn Subject
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