Low-pathogenic H5 avian influenza has been confirmed at live-poultry markets in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the Univ. of Minnesota reported. The disease events in Kings County, New York, and Pennsylvania were reported July 1, according to EMPRES, the global animal disease information system operated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Kings County encompasses the New York borough of Brooklyn. Read More

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