Mississippi has reportedly reports the first outbreak of the Pathogenic Bird Flu Strain in the United States since 2017

Mississippi State and Federal officials have confirmed the outbreak of a strain that has already been ongoing efforts to separated in the United States and population efforts already ongoing.

In a statement issued on March 12, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health reported that the duck -murgie from the commercial broader breeder in Knoxubi County had positively examined the most pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI).

The board said, “The state veterinarian has separated the damaged premises and the property of the property has been artiluted to prevent the spread of the disease. The birds did not enter the food system,” the board said.

Mississippi State Health Department spokesman Greg Flyn Hill confirmed that his division was aware of the outbreak and no humanitarian case was reported.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHI) under the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the outbreak was associated with H7N9 strain, identifying the first outbreak of this strain that took place in the United States from 2017 in the United States. APHIS mentions that these outbreaks are currently not related to H5N 1 Bird Flu Fluke

“The jerks of about 46,000 birds were facing high deaths, and a member of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network was tested in the Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory for HPAI, then APHIS’s National Veterinary Services Laboratrose (NVSL) mentioned.

Both the Mississippi Animal Health Board and APHI have said that the virus is less at risk for food protection if the eggs and poultry are properly managed and cooked. The Mississippi Board called for home poultry owners to practice “good biosecurity” and to be aware of the symptoms of bird flu.