Avian influenza spread beyond a backyard coop on an Illinois farm, analysis finds

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that nearly wiped out an Illinois farmer's backyard flock also spread to a domestic cat and wild rats on the farm, an analysis of the animals by the University of Illinois Urbana-C...

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Avian influenza spread beyond a backyard coop on an Illinois farm, analysis finds

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