bird flu

Avian influenza, or bird flu, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports these viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species, including in the Yellowhammer State.

Agriculture officials say the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens has resulted in the death of nearly 48,000 birds at a north Alabama farm. The Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries said Friday that a Marshall County commercial farm was quarantined after samples came back positive for HPAI.

Alabama officials have confirmed bird flu in two poultry flocks, just one week after three commercial breeders had to kill their chickens across the state…

State agriculture officials are banning poultry sales in Alabama over concerns about avian influenza.The Cullman Times reports Alabama Agriculture…