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 — representing more than a third of those with information available — have been hospitalized. No
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 California.
USDA officials are quick to say that Virulent Newcastle is not a food safety
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 outbreaks across 44 states.
The CDC posted a public warning in recent days; “This investigation
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 children younger than 5.
It is the 71st Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry since
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 states. That’s more than double the 324 case count in June when the CDC initially
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 been 287 confirmed cases added, bringing the total to 611 people sickened, according to an
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 Disease Control and Prevention. The illnesses – linked to contact with live baby poultry sold
Continue Reading More Salmonella Cases Linked to Chicks and Ducklings
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 chicks.
Between 2004 and 2011, 316 reported illnesses from 43 states were linked to the
Continue Reading Paper Chronicles 8-Year Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Chicks
In 1864, when Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman conducted his famous March to the Sea, splitting George apart like a ripe peach, his troops lived totally off the bounty of the land.
Sherman’s Union army, marching without supplies, did not want for anything, while up north the Army of Virginia
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Fresh eggs, garden compost and natural pest control — those are just some of the benefits backyard chickens provide.
But with at least 92 individuals — many of them children — now sickened by two strains of Salmonella in a multistate outbreak tied to homegrown poultry, the Centers for Disease
Continue Reading Toll Grows in Outbreak Linked to Chicks, Ducklings
