New strain of bird flu detected in California as H5N9 detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California, David Murray ...
H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. (Anis is part of a lab that conducts national ...
H5N9 has been seen in the past, Cennimo noted, and generally causes mild illness in birds. "The ducks in California, however, were dying," he said. "Genetic testing showed this H5N9 was different ...
a new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California’s Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH), testing of ...
The United States has reported its first H5N9 bird flu outbreak in California, affecting almost 119,000 ducks. Both H5N9 and the more common H5N1 strains were found. The USDA is conducting ...
First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment that could trigger human outbreaks.
The California duck farm's strain of H5N9 is different from those earlier cases because this time it is closely related to a newer variant of the H5N1 virus. That variant is called H5N1 D1.1, the USDA ...
A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were euthanized.