The disease has been detected in 40 states, as of June 3.

BOB CHRISTIE

Jun 10, 2022, 05:08 AM EDT

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-bird-flu-arizona_n_62a30680e4b0c770989ed375

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the Southwest of a bird flu that has led to the deaths of 37 million birds from commercial farms in the central and eastern U.S.

The disease was spotted after tests by federal wildlife officials in three wild cormorants that had been found dead in a park in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, Arizona Game and Fish officials announced this week.

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The disease has not yet been found in any domestic birds or in commercial operations, the agency said.

But it is a concern, according to Glenn Hickman, president and CEO of Hickman Family Farms, one of the largest egg…