- Author: Pamela S Kan-Rice
Published on: January 18, 2024
![A young woman and young man feed green plants to a flock of chickens outdoors in a pen.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/food/blogfiles/104322small.jpg)
Poultry owners are urged to protect their birds from avian flu. 4-H ambassadors feed chickens at Elkus Ranch. Photo by Evett Kilmartin
The highly contagious avian flu is being spread primarily by migratory birds, putting game birds, and backyard and commercial poultry at risk.
“Poultry owners should take precautions to prevent their birds from contacting waterfowl or the habitat that waterfowl frequent because this strain of avian influenza is highly contagious,” said Maurice Pitesky, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine associate professor of Cooperative Extension.
Infected waterfowl shed the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in their feces and respiratory secretions, where the...
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