The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed Butler County’s first case of bird flu. The virus was detected in a backyard flock of 610 birds.
The USDA confirmed the infection on Feb. 20.
It classified the farm, which was not identified by the USDA, as a kind that does not sell the birds or their eggs commercially. Instead the farm owners use the birds — including their eggs and feathers — for only their own use. Such farms have no direct or indirect contact with other poultry or poultry facilities.
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