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| Indiana Trains 300 Prisoners To Combat Avian Flu |
| By wfyi.org- Gretchen Frazee |
| Published: 06/02/2015 |
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Indiana is training up to 300 prisoners how to cull poultry flocks infected by viruses. It’s one of several precautions the state is taking to prevent a new strain of the avian flu from taking hold in the state. Indiana has been fortunate so far. Two strains of avian flu H5N2 and H5N8 have killed about 10 percent of the poultry industry’s laying flock nationally and about 7 percent of the turkey flock. Indiana has only had one case of the H2N8 virus affecting a backyard flock in May. The virus poses no risk to human health, but it is fatal to birds and spreads quickly, often wiping out entire chicken or turkey flocks. Read More. |
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