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Colorado continues bird flu response under state of emergency

Colorado continues bird flu response under state of emergency

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis has extended the avian flu state of emergency in the state until September 1st.

The governor is responding to an outbreak of avian influenza in Weld County, Colorado, which is often listed among the top 10 counties for agricultural production and is typically the only high-value county outside of California.

The World Health Organization considers avian influenza a threat to public health because of its potential to cause new pandemics.

Governor Polis took his first executive action one month ago, activating the State Emergency Response Plan and directing the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to take all necessary and appropriate measures for the State to assist in response, recovery and mitigation efforts, including freeing up resources needed by affected poultry facilities to respond to and contain the avian influenza outbreak.

In a new executive order, Governor Polis commemorated his verbal declaration in July by extending the disaster declaration for an additional 30 days, until September 1, due to the ongoing need to identify avian influenza cases and the possibility of further response to affected facilities.

Since March, the avian flu virus has been spreading from farm to farm, rather than from wild birds. In addition to commercial chicken flocks, 178 dairy herds in 13 states have been infected with the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Since March 2022, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has been leading the state's response to an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

The UISDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) confirmed the first detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in dairy cattle in Weld County on April 25, 2024.

Symptoms in dairy cows include loss of appetite, reduced milk production and abnormal milk that resembles colostrum.

HPAI continues to threaten captive birds in Colorado. Bird owners are instructed to maintain biosecurity measures, keep flocks away from wild birds, and avoid handling dead wild birds. More than 100 million commercial birds have been lost to avian influenza since 2022.

Colorado has reported the most cases, with at least 50 confirmed cases, according to Governor Polis.

Colorado has confirmed that 10 farm workers have been infected with avian flu.

The CDC lists 14 cases of avian flu in humans. Ten of the cases in Weld County came from two separate egg-laying facilities.

So far, human infections have been limited to small local areas and have not affected large populations, and the symptoms of avian influenza and influenza are very similar, which could pose diagnostic challenges.

The CDC has invested at least $10 million in protective equipment to protect workers from the virus, and seasonal avian flu vaccines are being rolled out for workers and animals, in addition to education and awareness campaigns on farmworker health and safety.

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