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<blockquote data-quote="livestock101" data-source="post: 363755" data-attributes="member: 6129"><p>Herefordcross was correct. Here's the article:</p><p></p><p>MetroNews</p><p>Pendleton County</p><p></p><p>State officials say the poultry industry in the Eastern Panhandle is on high alert after a strain of the bird flu, H5N2, was found in a flock of turkeys.</p><p></p><p>Federal and state officials say this particular strain of the bird flu poses no danger to humans but has the potential to mutate into something more dangerous in birds.</p><p></p><p>"If you let that persist in the industry, you run the risk of that virus mutating into something more dangerous," says Buddy Davidson with the State Department of Environmental Protection.</p><p></p><p>That's why Davidson says 25,000 turkeys have been killed in Pendleton County. "The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) requires that any H5 or H7 (strain) positive flock be destroyed in order to prevent the spread of that," says Davidson.</p><p></p><p>The birds are being composted at the farm site. "There's no reason that that farm cannot go back into business at some point. There will be decontamination procedures that they'll have to go through but they should be up and running again at some point."</p><p></p><p>Routine blood tests turned up the virus in the turkeys. The turkeys showed no symptoms. Those test results were confirmed over the weekend and the birds were killed on Monday. The farm is not being identified. The site will receive federal money to cover the losses.</p><p></p><p>"We certainly feel that we have the situation under control at the farm. We will be doing additional surveillance within a six mile radius of that farm to make sure that we don't have any avian influenza on farms in that area," says Davidson in an interview with MetroNews from Moorefield on Tuesday.</p><p></p><p>The last time the H5N2 strain was found in West Virginia was in 2002 at a Hardy County farm where 14,000 chickens were destroyed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="livestock101, post: 363755, member: 6129"] Herefordcross was correct. Here's the article: MetroNews Pendleton County State officials say the poultry industry in the Eastern Panhandle is on high alert after a strain of the bird flu, H5N2, was found in a flock of turkeys. Federal and state officials say this particular strain of the bird flu poses no danger to humans but has the potential to mutate into something more dangerous in birds. "If you let that persist in the industry, you run the risk of that virus mutating into something more dangerous," says Buddy Davidson with the State Department of Environmental Protection. That's why Davidson says 25,000 turkeys have been killed in Pendleton County. "The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) requires that any H5 or H7 (strain) positive flock be destroyed in order to prevent the spread of that," says Davidson. The birds are being composted at the farm site. "There's no reason that that farm cannot go back into business at some point. There will be decontamination procedures that they'll have to go through but they should be up and running again at some point." Routine blood tests turned up the virus in the turkeys. The turkeys showed no symptoms. Those test results were confirmed over the weekend and the birds were killed on Monday. The farm is not being identified. The site will receive federal money to cover the losses. "We certainly feel that we have the situation under control at the farm. We will be doing additional surveillance within a six mile radius of that farm to make sure that we don't have any avian influenza on farms in that area," says Davidson in an interview with MetroNews from Moorefield on Tuesday. The last time the H5N2 strain was found in West Virginia was in 2002 at a Hardy County farm where 14,000 chickens were destroyed. [/QUOTE]
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