First case of bird flu in pig discovered on small Oregon farm [View all]
Source: yahoo
Lynne Terry | Oregon Capital Chronicle Wed, October 30, 2024 at 2:12 PM CDT
Oregonians raise about 3,000 pigs every year and at least one just became infected with bird flu. (Photo courtesy of Oregon Department of Agriculture)
State officials announced Wednesday that a severe form of bird flu has been detected for the first time in a pig on a small unidentified farm in Crook County in central Oregon.
The same strain – highly pathogenic avian influenza – has turned up in backyard and commercial flocks across the country. Hundreds of cows have also been infected, along with some people who worked around the infected animals.
Two of the latest cases of human infection were announced last week in Washington state. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Protection confirmed that two people working in a commercial egg farm in Franklin County in south-central Washington were infected, Washington State Standard reported.
But this is the first time the virus has crossed over to pigs. That’s a significant development of potential concern to Iowa, the top pork-producing state in the country.
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