As urban homesteading becomes increasingly popular, more people are refraining from store-bought eggs to try their hand at raising backyard chickens. However, despite the many potential benefits, it’s still necessary to take precautions against disease and pathogens like Salmonella.
Last week, for example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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A multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to backyard chicks and ducklings has expanded to affect 39 people in 15 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
A national mail-order hatchery, Feed Store Chain A, is implicated in the outbreak, which was first reported by the CDC in
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A least 25 people in 11 states have become sick from human Salmonella serotype Altona after handling their backyard chicks and ducklings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC says a traceback investigation implicates a national mail-order hatchery, Feed Store Chain A, which supplies poultry for
