Dangerous Bird Flu Found in Flock at NY Home, Prompting Major Response

A dangerous strain of bird flu has been discovered in a private flock of birds at a Long Island home, prompting an urgent state and federal response to contain the contagious disease, NBC NY reports.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the New York State Department of Agriculture confirmed the positive test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in what they described as a “small, non-commercial backyard flock” of eight non-poultry birds in Suffolk County.

“State officials quarantined the affected premises, and birds on the properties will be depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease. Birds from the flock will not enter the food system,” the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement.

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