Arkansas
Arkansas urges cause, third case of avian flu confirmed
ARKANSAS COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) – The Arkansas Division of Agriculture confirmed its third case of avian influenza on Thursday. The division is expressing issues over the rising reviews.
A spokesman for the division instructed our content material associate that the third case was confirmed in Arkansas County. Earlier infections of the illness had been discovered again in October in Madison and Pope Counties.
“The Arkansas Division of Agriculture is urging poultry house owners to extend biosecurity measures on their operations in response to a number of reviews of extremely pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds alongside the Mississippi Flyway,” stated Patrick Fisk, director of ADA Livestock and Poultry Division.
Avian influenza is an airborne respiratory virus that spreads quickly by means of chickens. This virus will be unfold in several methods all through a flock, together with contact with contaminated poultry, wild birds, tools, or from the clothes and sneakers of farmers.
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