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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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Backyard flocks involved in Salmonella outbreaks tops 1,000

By Dan Flynn on September 4, 2019

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…
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Multiple multistate Salmonella outbreaks with multiple serotypes due to backyard flocks

By Dan Flynn on July 25, 2019

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…
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Salmonella patient count skyrockets; CDC says backyard flocks dangerous

By Coral Beach on June 13, 2019

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…
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California’s backyard poultry flocks falling dead from highly contagious virus

By Dan Flynn on May 21, 2019

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…
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MMWR reports on how backyard flock outbreak was traced back to hatchery

By Dan Flynn on January 17, 2019

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…
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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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Spring chickens have sprung; CDC warns of pathogen dangers

By Kelsey M. Mackin on February 19, 2018

Baby chick season is upon us.

Some say the big question is whether the chicken or the egg came first, but public health pros say a more important question is whether you know the food…
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