Bird flu infects a dozen mammals as outbreak in Montana continues

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Buy NowA sign on the front door of the Montana Veterinary Diagnostic Lab warns visitors to not bring avian samples on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2022.Samuel Wilson/Chronicle/Report for America

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Officials are warning Montanans to keep themselves and their pets away from dead birds, as a bird flu outbreak now in its second year starts to infect more mammals.

In Montana,close to 82,500 domestic birds have been culledfrom the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, since the state saw its first case in a poultry flock last April.

But on top of the losses for farm-raised birds, the outbreak has also taken a harder toll on wild birds than in years past. That’s ledat least…

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  1. I think it’s time for officials to stop calling this a bird flu. We have reached the point, IMO, where our population is so great and so many animals are raised for human consumption that we no longer can control disease associated with it. I’m actually amazed that it hasn’t happened sooner, or that these facilities can be kept sanitary.

    I hope that it is setting off alarm bells. Only for ourselves though, probably. 😦

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