A new strain of a highly pathogenic and rare strain of bird flu has been reported on a duck farm in central California.
A new strain of a highly pathogenic and rare strain of bird flu has been reported on a duck farm in central California, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health . Health officials also detected a more common H5N1 strain of bird flu on the same farm which is located in Merced County, California. "This is the first confirmed case of HPAI H5N9 in poultry in the United States," WOAH’s report stated.
The most common way it is transmitted is by direct contact between an infected bird and a human or by touching contaminated surfaces where there are infected birds. It can also be transmitted to people through droplets or dust when an infected bird possibly flaps its wings, kicks up dust, or shakes its head around a human. Earlier this month, the first human death caused by bird flu in the U.S. was confirmed in Louisiana.
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