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U.S. Reports First Outbreak of Rare Bird Flu Strain on California Duck Farm
Legal Insurrection ^ | 30 Jan, 2025 | Leslie Eastman

Posted on 01/30/2025 6:39:32 AM PST by MtnClimber

H5N9 is a franken-virus, created from a combination of the genetic material from all sorts of other bird flu viruses.

Just as you thought the drama related to bird flu died down, a new strain has been reported in California.

The H5N9 strain of bird flu is a newly emergent and rare subtype of avian influenza virus that has recently been detected for the first time in the United States. This highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPIA) strain was identified on a duck farm in Merced County, alongside the more common H5N1 strain (which is the one we have been covering for the past 2 years).

This is the first confirmed case of HPAI H5N9 in poultry in the United States,” the US Department of Agriculture said in a report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) on Monday.

The positive test at the Merced County farm has led to “comprehensive epidemiological investigations and enhanced surveillance,” the government report noted.

H5N9 is a rare form of the common H5N1 bird flu, which has recently spread aggressively around the US, leading to the culling of hundreds of millions of poultry.

It turns out that this is a franken-virus, created from a combination of the genetic material from all sorts of other bird flu viruses.

According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, it is a reassortant virus combining elements from H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 subtypes. Scientists are studying whether this strain could potentially infect humans or lead to a pandemic.

Federal and state animal health officials, in collaboration with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), have begun an epidemiological investigation and enhanced surveillance efforts.

Globally, bird flu has prompted the culling of hundreds of millions of poultry since 2022, and its economic impact continues to grow.

A search of my usual databases indicates that prior to this recent outbreak, there is no significant historical record of H5N9 outbreaks. The strain was first identified in China in 2015.

In terms of the other components of this virus, multiple outbreaks of avian influenza A H5N1 and H7N9 in domestic poultry have been reported since 1997. The most recent outbreak of H5N1 started at the end of 2020 and killed more than 100 million birds.


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1 posted on 01/30/2025 6:39:32 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

It is always something.


2 posted on 01/30/2025 6:39:43 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

OGNTSA!


3 posted on 01/30/2025 6:41:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MtnClimber

PANIC! PANIC! RUN FOR THE HILLS, AFTER YOU MASK YP AND VACCINATE! /S


4 posted on 01/30/2025 6:45:39 AM PST by Bob434
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To: MtnClimber

Question...

Are these natural occurring bird viruses or biologically enhanced bird viruses?


5 posted on 01/30/2025 6:48:28 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: MtnClimber

When farmers asked to see the results, they are refused. I think they are just messing with the food chain.


6 posted on 01/30/2025 6:49:44 AM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: MtnClimber

This isn’t fresh, I watched a guy on YouTube talking about this in December. He buys his ducks from there and said it was the largest farm in US or something.


7 posted on 01/30/2025 6:54:35 AM PST by Irenic
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To: MtnClimber

To those more knowledgeable here, is there serious risk of one of these bird flu variants mutating into one that passes easily to humans and among humans? Or is it a very low risk and something to be aware of, due diligence preparing for what ifs, etc?


8 posted on 01/30/2025 6:55:19 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: Irenic

Forgot to say they killed all the birds...need more coffee.


9 posted on 01/30/2025 6:56:01 AM PST by Irenic
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To: MtnClimber

This is one of many reasons RFKjr and Patel need to get to work pronto. USDA bio-labs need to be raided by the new and less corrupt FBI.


10 posted on 01/30/2025 7:02:59 AM PST by Cold Heart (Government for moral and religious people. Democrat party is neither )
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To: stars & stripes forever

IMHO

manmade.


11 posted on 01/30/2025 7:22:21 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: MtnClimber
Quick! Burn all the ducks. Hire federal duck testing regulators. Issue duck testing contracts to minority run firms owned by politicians and bureaucrats. Issue duck handling and safe cooking guidelines developed in an multi-agency action plan at the USDA, NIH, CDC, and WHO.

Check with Anthony Fauci if we have some ""Duck-Pox" work being done, so we can classify and obfuscate any oversight. Begin work on "Duck-Pox" as it can be used to advance other virus research, and other purposes.

12 posted on 01/30/2025 7:27:12 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: desertsolitaire

The risk occurs when someone with human flu is working with birds infected with avian flu. Then gene swapping can create a hybrid which is the most dangerous type of flu.

This is more common in China where people live in close proximity to their flocks.


13 posted on 01/30/2025 7:28:58 AM PST by Pelham (President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
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To: Pelham

“The risk occurs when someone with human flu is working with birds infected with avian flu. Then gene swapping can create a hybrid which is the most dangerous type of flu.

This is more common in China where people live in close proximity to their flocks.”

Thank you for the info. I learn more here on this forum than I did from any formal education.


14 posted on 01/30/2025 7:30:57 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: MtnClimber

Sure it’s not H7N9?

I bet it is.


15 posted on 01/30/2025 7:37:38 AM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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Sure it’s not H7N9?

H7N9 was mentioned at the end of the article as another strain that has shown up in poultry. But this is only one report so I think a few more occurrences with the same diagnosis should happen before the possibility of a mistake should be dismissed.

16 posted on 01/30/2025 7:57:37 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

This is all veterinary virology porn as far as I’m concerned.

Minimal human significance.


17 posted on 01/30/2025 7:59:07 AM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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This is all veterinary virology porn as far as I’m concerned.

That is why I am watching this. It could be an effort to spread fear. It could be an excuse to harm the food supply. Or it could be a real threat, though I am skeptical.

18 posted on 01/30/2025 8:07:15 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Will it spread to the quacks in Washington?


19 posted on 01/30/2025 8:13:21 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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To: MtnClimber

Brought to you courtesy of Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci.

Another NIH Bioweapon for America.


20 posted on 01/30/2025 8:18:55 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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