Chicken

Avian flu confirmed on New Castle County poultry farm

Charlie MegginsonHeadlines, Health

A case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been confirmed on a Kent County commercial broiler farm.  Following an investigation by the Delaware Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, a chicken or chickens on the farm have tested positive for highly contagious flu. This case follows previously announced cases on farms …