Bird flu case found at N.J. live chicken market

[struggle4progress]

Updated: May. 24, 2025, 9:25 a.m.|Published: May. 23, 2025, 7:56 p.m.

By Matthew Enuco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

A case of avian influenza was identified at a live bird market in Essex County on Friday, according to an announcement from Gov. Phil Murphy‘s office.

About 123 chickens are being euthanized as a result of the positive case of the disease commonly known as bird flu, which is highly contagious among domestic poultry species, officials with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture confirmed in the statement ...

https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/05/bird-flu-case-found-at-nj-live-chicken-market-officials-say.html

[struggle4progress]

1. Bird flu cases spreading faster and with greater impacts

Bird flu instances affecting mammals doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year - up to 1,022 outbreaks compared to 459 - and are having greater impacts, according to a new report on the global state of animal health by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) ...

https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/05/23/bird-flu-cases-spreading-faster-and-with-greater-impacts-report

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2. Bird Flu Is Now Killing Cats at a 90% Fatality Rate

Experts Warn It Could Jump to Humans

By University of Maryland
May 20, 2025

Spring is here, birds are on the move, and a new threat is spreading alongside them: bird flu (H5N1). This virus is changing fast and could be on the path to becoming a human pandemic. Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Public Health have recently published a major study in Open Forum Infectious Diseases highlighting a surprising new concern. They found that cats are catching bird flu more often, and they’re calling for urgent monitoring to help stop the virus before it can spread between people ...

https://scitechdaily.com/bird-flu-is-now-killing-cats-at-a-90-fatality-rate-experts-warn-it-could-jump-to-humans/

[Lovie777]

3. The current administration will not advise the USA general public..................

of viruses, deceases, outbreaks, etc, until it's too late, the incompetence evil people in official position held feels we are stupid when in reality they need to look in the mirror,

It appears the USA will repeat shithole's 1st term and this time it will be way worse.

[TnDem]

4. Uh oh

Ruh roh....Time to cull every chicken in New Jersey, that way eggs can go back to $10 a dozen...While we're at it, we can quarantine all the sparrows, house cats, field mice and pigeons in the park.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. I hope not

I have residents in my tiny Borough that have been giving eggs to families in need in our community. No.questions asked. We are a Have and Working community. Our Public Works, Blue Collar, Pink Collar residents appreciate the help.