Backyard chickens and other poultry continue to sicken people with Salmonella infections with the confirmed patient count now at 863. More than a fourth of those who have been infected are children younger than 5
Continue Reading Patient count climbs in outbreak traced to backyard chickens
Manna Pro Products LLC of St. Louis, Missouri, is recalling Flock Party Quack Snacks poultry treats because of a potential Salmonella contamination. Salmonella can affect animals eating the product and there a risk to
Continue Reading Flock Party Quack Snacks recalled over Salmonella concerns
In the past month 311 patients have been added to the list of people with Salmonella infections related to contact with backyard poultry flocks. One person has died.
The total of confirmed infections now stands
Continue Reading Hundreds more confirmed sick in outbreak traced to backyard flocks
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
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
Summer is ending with more than 1,000 people infected with Salmonella because of contamination by backyard poultry flocks. All but one of the 50 states has backyard flock outbreaks.
The federal Centers for Disease Control
Continue Reading Backyard flocks involved in Salmonella outbreaks tops 1,000
The July report for backyard poultry was bleak for the adults and children who care for them.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reports that since June 13 it added 489
Continue Reading Multiple multistate Salmonella outbreaks with multiple serotypes due to backyard flocks
The number of people confirmed with Salmonella infections from backyard poultry flocks has increased more than 400 percent since May 10, with a third of the sick people younger than 5 years old.
In an
Continue Reading Salmonella patient count skyrockets; CDC says backyard flocks dangerous
Virulent Newcastle disease generally is not a human food safety threat, which is lucky because the poultry sickness is spreading like wildfire in California’s backyard flocks. Virulent Newcastle disease was formerly known as exotic Newcastle
Continue Reading California’s backyard poultry flocks falling dead from highly contagious virus
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) earlier this month explored one of the ways that more than 70 Salmonella outbreaks related to backyard poultry flocks have occurred since 2000.
MMWR, published by the federal
Continue Reading MMWR reports on how backyard flock outbreak was traced back to hatchery
