Since 2017, the U.S. reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on poultry farms as the country continues to fight another bird flu strain that has infected humans and has caused egg prices to reach record highs.
The spread of the bird flu, commonly known as bird flu, has destroyed flocks around the world, destroyed supplies and fueled higher food prices. It spread to mammals, including American cows, raising government concerns about the risks of the new pandemic.
The pressure to cause the greatest damage to poultry in recent years and the death of a person in the United States is H5N1.
But the mortality rate of H7N9 bird flu virus has been proven to be much higher, with nearly 40% of people infected since it was first detected in 2013, the World Health Organization said.
The latest H7N9 outbreak was found in a 47,654 commercial broiler breeding farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, the Paris-based World Animal Health Organization said in a report on Monday.
“Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N9 in a North American wild bird lineage was found in a commercial broiler breeding flock in Mississippi. It is underway.
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency (APHI) and the National Animal Health and Wildlife Officials “are underway to conduct a comprehensive epidemiological investigation and enhance response monitoring to testing.”
