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NEW YORK -- Bird flu has been detected at a commercial farm on Long Island. Suffolk County health officials say the farm owner reported signs of the illness in his poultry flock early last week. Test ...
Nearly 100,000 ducks will be killed at Long Island’s last major commercial duck farm after bird flu was detected at the Suffolk County facility. Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has played host ...
So far, no cases of bird flu in humans or cattle have been found in New York. The duck farm is located about 66 miles west of New York City and is the last commercial duck farm on Long Island.
No cases have been detected among workers at the farm. A commercial poultry farm on Long Island, New York, is being forced to kill thousands of ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu.
Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.
Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue will have to euthanize every bird at the facility after H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the flock.