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400 000 birds at Indiana farms with bird flu killed

by PH January 21, 2016, 11:42 am

A worker prepares bins during a chicken cull in Hong Kong on December 31, 2014, after the deadly H7N9 virus was discovered in poultry imported from China. Hong Kong began culling thousands of chickens on December 31 after the deadly H7N9 virus was discovered in poultry imported from China, days after the city raised alert levels when a woman was hospitalised with the disease. AFP PHOTO / ISAAC LAWRENCE

Indianapolis – Animal health officials responding to a bird flu outbreak in southwest Indiana say crews have finished killing more than 400 000 birds ordered euthanised at the 10 affected commercial poultry farms.

The state issued a statement Wednesday evening saying all of the birds have been killed.

Indiana State Board of Animal Health spokesperson Denise Derrer says the H7N8 virus has not been found in any other flocks since Saturday.

The H7N8 strain is different than the H5N2 virus that led to the deaths of 48 million birds last summer.

Crews began euthanizing more than 245 000 turkeys in Indiana’s Dubois County last week to prevent the virus’ spread. Another 156 000 chickens at one of 10 farms also were killed because they were at high risk of contracting the virus.