kittydoc
Songster
For those not following the avian flu news out west, over less than a month's time, highly infectious avian flu has spread from Canada to Washington state to Oregon and Utah. It has mostly been backyard flocks in contact with wild waterfowl, if or when this crosses the Rockies, things will get very serious for all of us. A flock with one infected bird has to be 100% culled then quarantined. The entire commercial poultry industry is potentially at risk. So far, only small flocks (mostly free ranging) have been infected and destroyed. This is something we all need to he concerned about.