The Colorado Department of Agriculture this week stepped up efforts to stop a runaway outbreak of bird flu cases on dairy farms by issuing an order requiring testing for the virus on…
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Extreme heat in Colorado may have contributed to an extraordinary outbreak of bird flu in people
The outdoor temperature flirted with 100 degrees and heat advisories blanketed the region earlier this month as workers arrived at a commercial poultry operation in Weld County to start killing chickens. Of…
Colorado identifies three new human cases of bird flu and more people are symptomatic
Three poultry workers tested positive for bird flu and more who showed symptoms of infection are being tested, state health officials announced Friday evening. The outbreak of human cases, if confirmed, is…
Nearly 1.8 million chickens will be culled in the latest bird flu outbreak at a Colorado poultry farm
Nearly 1.8 million chickens will be killed after bird flu was detected at an egg-laying operation in Weld County, a major resurgence on a commercial farm of the disease that has already…
Colorado health officials identify another human case of bird flu in the state
Colorado health officials on Wednesday announced that a dairy worker in northeastern Colorado contracted bird flu after having close contact with sick cattle. The worker, an adult man, had a mild eye…
Bird flu has reached Colorado dairy cattle. Now what?
Colorado is investigating a second possible outbreak of bird flu in a dairy herd, the state veterinarian said this week. The potential new outbreak — coming less than a week after Colorado…