High-path H5N8, previously found in the US only in the West, has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Indiana.
Veterinary officials in Burkina Faso and Turkey reported more highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreaks, as their counterparts in Taiwan reported that highly pathogenic H5N2 has struck 10 more locations, according to separate reports to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Evidence from Minnesota supports airborne spread as a dead owl in Wisconsin is found to harbor H5N2.
Experts say H5N2 is changing its transmission pattern, raising the possibility of barn-to-barn spread through the air.
Blue Bell Creameries, which has been linked to 10 listeriosis cases in four states in an outbreak that spans several years, had evidence of Listeria in its Oklahoma plant as early as March 2013, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report today said, according to an Associated Press (AP) story.
H5N2 reappears in Missouri after more than a month, and Iowa reports 6 new outbreaks.
Iowa has 3 new outbreaks and Minnesota 2, while feds free up $330 million for response.
A new case of H7N9 avian flu has been reported from China, this one in a 3-year-old boy from Huaibei City, according to machine-translated notices from provincial health officials posted yesterday on FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
The child, who is reportedly in stable condition with mild symptoms, had contact with live poultry before his Apr 27 disease onset. He received outpatient treatment.
The outbreaks include two laying operations in Iowa and Minnesota that house about 4 million hens.
China's Jiangxi province on May 1 announced a new H7N9 avian influenza case, involving a 39-year old woman from Jiujiang who is hospitalized in critical condition, according to a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
