Alabama Beware: Infectious Bird Flu Causes First Human Death

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Alabama Producers have killed nearly 1 million birds due to bird flu infections.

After what we all went through in 2020 I don’t ever want to hear the word virus or flu or anything like it ever again.

The Highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) can have various symptoms in birds, including an increase in bird deaths, respiratory distress (sneezing, coughing, nasal discharge), diarrhea, lethargy, reduced egg production, and physical signs like swelling, discoloration, and ruffled feathers.

Now, seriously we have the first bird flu death in the United States and it’s a little too close for comfort.

The individual lived in southwest Louisiana according to the health department, they encountered a “flock of birds”.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is actively monitoring for the presence of HPAI in commercial poultry farms, backyard flocks, live bird markets, and wild bird populations.

A chicken farm in Alabama lost 48,500 due to a highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI), as confirmed by state agriculture officials.

One farm, located in Marshall County, has been placed under quarantine.

This farm lost 48,000 chickens.

In response to the outbreak, testing and monitoring are being conducted on all poultry within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected farm.

This discovery of HPAI in Marshall County follows a previous case in Chilton County, where HPAI was confirmed in a gamebird farm.

In Chilton County, the virus affected nearly 296,500 birds, all of which are to be killed by the end of the week. It remains unclear if the cases at both farms are connected.

This virus is not a threat to food safety because birds affected by HPAI do not enter the food supply.

Yeah right!

In cases of sick or dead wild birds, individuals are urged to report to the Alabama Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. For sick or deceased domestic birds and poultry, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries' Poultry Unit should be notified.

What does that even mean? How quickly does this thing spread and are we all at risk in Alabama?

Especially since we have seen the amount of cases in our state.