Public health officials in several states are investigating outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard poultry. There have been 163 people reported ill from 43 states. One-third of the patients are children younger
Continue Reading CDC investigating multiple outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
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
Continue Reading Five children hospitalized in backyard poultry Salmonella outbreak
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
Continue Reading Salmonella illnesses linked to backyard chickens in Australia
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
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak now involves 1 death and 42 states; live poultry blamed
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 —
Continue Reading Almost 100 sick in Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry flocks
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
Continue Reading Virulent Newcastle disease spreads to California’s commercial flocks
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
Continue Reading Backyard flocks spreading Salmonella; 6 outbreaks ongoing
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
Continue Reading 71st Salmonella outbreak this century linked to backyard poultry
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
Continue Reading Record case counts from live poultry spur renewed warning
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. 
Since the outbreaks were reported on June 2, there have
Continue Reading More than 600 sick in 45 states because of poultry pets
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
Continue Reading More Salmonella Cases Linked to Chicks and Ducklings
