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Post up to date at 4:41 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9:
A yard flock in Douglas County has been “humanely depopulated and disposed of in an authorised method” after they have been detected to have avian flu, in response to the well being division.
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health stated in a information launch Monday that the division was notified final week of a extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a noncommercial yard flock. It was a flock of chickens in Baldwin City, in response to LDCPH.
LDCPH is working with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas Department of Agriculture to reply, in response to the discharge.
“LDCPH has adopted up with people that have been uncovered to the flock previous to and through depopulation to make sure they’re wholesome,” in response to the discharge. “Those uncovered can be monitored for indicators and signs per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) steerage.”
The well being division stated the danger of HPAI to most of the people is low.
“LDCPH recommends that folks ought to keep away from direct contact with sick or lifeless wild birds, poultry, or different animals and to take care of an applicable distance,” in response to the discharge. “If it’s essential to have direct or shut contact, put on really useful private protecting gear (PPE) equivalent to gloves and face masks. Wild birds will be contaminated with avian influenza A viruses even when they don’t look sick.”
The division recommends that poultry and home chook house owners monitor their flocks, and in case your birds present indicators of HPAI, contact your vet or name the division of agriculture at 833-765-2006. You can attain LDCPH at 785-843-3060.
The Douglas County case is the thirty third in Kansas thus far this yr, in response to the KDA. Learn extra about HPAI on its web site at agriculture.ks.gov/AvianInfluenza.
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