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Five children hospitalized in backyard poultry Salmonella outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on July 3, 2020

Five children needed hospital treatment in an Australian state as part of a Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry.

Queensland Health is investigating Salmonella Typhimurium infections predominantly among young children that had contact with backyard…
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Salmonella illnesses linked to backyard chickens in Australia

By Joe Whitworth on June 27, 2020

Authorities in an Australian state are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella linked to contact with or consumption of eggs from backyard chickens.

The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services is looking into nine cases…
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Salmonella outbreak now involves 1 death and 42 states; live poultry blamed

By News Desk on June 25, 2020

One person has died and more than 350 additional people have been infected with Salmonella from backyard poultry flocks, according to a CDC outbreak update. A third of the ill people are children younger than…
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Almost 100 sick in Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry flocks

By News Desk on May 21, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Hadar reported in 28 states. There has been a total of 97 people infected with the outbreak strain. 

Seventeen people — …
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Virulent Newcastle disease spreads to California’s commercial flocks

By News Desk on January 14, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculure’s partially shut down Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) is being challenged by the deadly and highly contagious Virulent Newcastle disease that’s jumped from backyard poultry to commercial flocks in…
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Backyard flocks spreading Salmonella; 6 outbreaks ongoing

By Kelsey M. Mackin on July 27, 2018

More than a fourth of 212 people infected with Salmonella from backyard flocks so far this year are children younger than 5 years old, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting six separate…
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71st Salmonella outbreak this century linked to backyard poultry

By News Desk on June 9, 2018

Backyard poultry flocks infected with six strains of Salmonella are responsible for 124 illnesses in 36 states, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. A third of the victims are…
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Record case counts from live poultry spur renewed warning

By Coral Beach on October 7, 2016

Reporting a record year for human illnesses linked to live poultry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrapped up its investigation this week of eight Salmonella outbreaks that have sickened 895 people across 48…
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More than 600 sick in 45 states because of poultry pets

By News Desk on July 21, 2016

Salmonella traced to backyard flocks and pet chicks and ducklings continues to claim victims, with public health officials now tracking eight outbreaks across 45 states. chick-nuzzler-406Since the outbreaks were reported on June 2, there have…
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More Salmonella Cases Linked to Chicks and Ducklings

By News Desk on August 21, 2012

The number of people sickened by Salmonella traced to chicks and ducklings from an Ohio mail order hatchery has risen from 123 to 163, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Centers for…
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Paper Chronicles 8-Year Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Chicks

By Helena Bottemiller on May 31, 2012

Boots-on-the-ground epidemiology — including interviews, disease surveillance, and traceback — was key in helping health officials solve and control an 8-year salmonella outbreak, the longest in U.S. history, which was ultimately tied to mail order…
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