Avian flu affects Georgia chicken shows, sales quoting : forsythnews

Poultry shows, exhibitions and flea market and auction sales have been suspended in Georgia after cases of Avian Influenza were confirmed in Tennessee. "This is a bird health issue and not a food safety or human health concern."For more information regarding the Avian flu or Georgia Department of Agriculture guidelines, visit: agr.georgia.gov/avian-influenza.aspx. According to the memo, in early March, confirmed cases of HPAI were found on a commercial poultry farm in Lincoln, Tennessee. On Thursday, March 16, Georgia's state veterinarian, Robert Cobb Jr., released a memo outlining the suspension, though he stressed the bird flu has not been found in Georgia poultry. In a news release updated March 16, Tyson said the company will monitor its poultry at all locations.




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Bird flu found in chicken flock at northwest Georgia farm

In addition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said earlier this month a flock of 84,000 turkeys had been confirmed with a low-pathogenic bird flu virus in Wisconsin. "We have never had avian influenza in a commercial flock in Georgia," McPeake said. High-pathogenic bird flu, a deadlier form of the illness, was detected this month in Tennessee, where 145,000 birds were destroyed. Both neighboring states, along with Kentucky, also have reported bird flu in poultry flocks in recent weeks. SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — About 18,000 chickens were destroyed at a northwest Georgia poultry farm after tests confirmed avian influenza in the flock, the first time the disease has been detected in commercial birds in the state, authorities said Monday.


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