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Infected commercial chicken farms in the state have culled tens of thousands of infected chickens. They were likely infected ...
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Maryland has recorded ... disease.That’s important, say state officials, public health researchers and farmers’ representatives, as bird flu has the ...
Maryland state and local surveillance of the bird flu has been increasing after preliminary testing of a commercial poultry flock in Delaware produced a “presumptive positive” result.
In Maryland, most farms produce meat, rather than eggs, according to state veterinarian Jennifer Trout. "What you go and buy at your grocery store is safe to eat because any bird that tested ...
most Maryland farms produce meat rather than eggs, State Veterinarian Jennifer Trout told WJZ. "What you go and buy at your grocery store is safe to eat because any bird that tested positive isn't ...
CAROLINE COUNTY, Md. — A bird has tested positive for avian flu or bird flu at a Maryland poultry farm, the state's Department of Agriculture confirmed Friday. The case of highly pathogenic H5N1 ...
A new case of bird flu was reported in Maryland — the seventh known case but the first in central Maryland. The most recent case is affecting a backyard flock in Anne Arundel County. State ...
The latest round of avian influenza has skipped Maryland so far, and officials of the state fair in Timonium aim to keep it that way. The current version of “bird flu,” as the virus is known ...
Maryland agriculture officials have ... and officials emphasized that none of the impacted birds will enter the food supply. State health officials say the risk of transmission between birds ...
UPDATE: This story has been updated with new information about a second flock-related case in Maryland ... State officials have quarantined all affected premises, and birds on the properties ...