Eighty vultures were found dead from the bird flu in Harford County, Md. Officials said it's a part of a nationwide problem.
Eighty black vultures in Maryland’s Harford County also were recently found dead from the highly pathogenic avian influenza, officials said, near wildlife areas along the Susquehanna River.
In Virginia, officials said they detected bird flu in February among a “backyard flock” of roughly 90 turkeys, chickens and ducks in Fauquier County. There has been no bird flu detected in D.C., officials said.“The numbers are just staggering in terms of the poultry,” said Charlie Broaddus, the state veterinarian in Virginia.
Broaddus said the larger farms that have hens producing eggs that “end up in the supermarket” tend to be large-scale operations, where the flu can spread quickly. Sometimes, he said, chickens at farms become infected when a farmer or worker “accidentally tracks through goose droppings near a pond” and then brings it into the chicken facility.
“We want to ensure they are taking steps to stop the spread of the virus so that they don’t inadvertently transport it to other areas heavily populated with wild birds,” said Stacey Hofmann, a spokeswoman for the joint command center.
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