The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that 37 people in 11 states have reportedly been infected with the same strain of Salmonella Hadar. The number of ill persons identified in each state
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More Victims in Live Poultry Salmonella Outbreak
Three strains of Salmonella linked to baby chicks and ducklings have sickened 144 people in 26 states, up from the 123 people in 25 states reported in a June 11 outbreak update. The three types…
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Multistate Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Live Poultry from Missouri Hatchery
At least 66 people have fallen ill in 20 states in a Salmonella Montevideo outbreak linked to live poultry from a Missouri hatchery, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. Sixteen…
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123 Now Sickened in Baby Poultry Salmonella Outbreak
At least 123 people in 25 states have been infected with Salmonella linked to live chicks and ducklings purchased from Ohio-based mail-order hatchery, Mt. Healthy Hatchery, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
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Live Chicks and Ducklings from Ohio Hatchery Sicken 93 with Salmonella
At least 93 people in 23 states have fallen ill from Salmonella infections linked to Mt. Healthy Hatchery, a single mail-order poultry hatchery in Ohio, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Paper Chronicles 8-Year Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Chicks
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…
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Salmonella from Mail-Order Hatcheries an Ongoing Concern
Please sign here for your order of … Salmonella? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 35 Salmonella outbreaks have been linked to contact with live poultry from mail-order hatcheries since 1990.…
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Toll Grows in Outbreak Linked to Chicks, Ducklings
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…
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Backyard Chicks Make More Kids Sick
Infected chicks and ducklings have sickened 71 people — more than half of them younger than 5 — in a growing multistate outbreak of Salmonella that now involves two different strains of the bacteria.
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Take Care to Avoid Risk with Backyard Chickens
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…
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