New strain of bird flu found in California

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A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been found among sick birds in the flock.
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The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. The Paris-based organization that studies animal diseases said it's the first verified U.S. case of H5N9 in poultry. The organization said the more common strain H5N1 was also found.
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U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based WOAH, adding that the almost 119,000 birds on the
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Worryingly, both H5N9 and H5N1 were found on the farm, located in Merced County. These are the first reported cases of H5N9 ever found in U.S. poultry. H5N1 bird flu has become a serious public health concern in the past few years,
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