<div dir="auto">Thank for you for keeping us informed!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">~ +</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 3:56 PM Viviana <<a href="mailto:viviana@auachicago.org">viviana@auachicago.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello fellow advocates for urban agriculture, </div><div> In light of last week's reports on the presence in Cook County of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) also known as Bird Flu, or H5N1 virus, I'm sharing a few resources for understanding the risks, signs of illness and preventative methods, also known as biosecurity, for both domesticated and wild birds. </div><div><ul><li>Bird Flu is typically seasonal and timed with cold weather and wild bird migrations.</li><li>USDA's <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/defend-the-flock" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color:rgb(26,115,232)" target="_blank">Defend the Flock</a> program offers resources in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Arabic on the signs of illness and how to protect domesticated birds.</li><li>This <a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color:rgb(26,115,232)" target="_blank">page from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</a> (APHIS) offers detection announcements and a map of where the disease has been documented throughout the US. <ul><li>Scrolling to the bottom of this page there are also links for information on wild bird and other animal detections of the virus. </li></ul></li><li>The University of Arkansas provides a<a href="https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/biosecurity/avian-flu/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color:rgb(26,115,232)" target="_blank"> list of ways to keep birds safe </a>from exposure. </li><li>Healthy Farms Healthy Agriculture also offers <a href="https://www.healthyagriculture.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color:rgb(26,115,232)" target="_blank">a number of biosecurity tips </a>to prevent illness in birds and other animals. </li><li>If you keep birds or other farmed animals and have the unfortunate experience of illness or sudden death of any of your flock, please be sure to report it to our local USDA Vets. Reporting animal illness and deaths can help prevent the spread of the virus to other animals and mutations that can affect humans. You can call or text USDA-APHIS local vet Dr. Melchi at <a value="+12176853879" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color:rgb(26,115,232)">(217) 685-3879</a> and the state office at <a value="+12175476030" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color:rgb(26,115,232)">(217) 547-6030</a>.</li></ul><div>Thank you and take good care, </div></div><div>Viviana</div>
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