A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported the outbreak of the new strain, H5N9, earlier this week.

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck farm in California.

The United States has reported its first H5N9 bird flu outbreak in California, affecting almost 119,000 ducks. Both H5N9 and the more common H5N1 strains were found. The USDA is conducting investigations and enhanced surveillance,

The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu on a duck farm in California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on Monday. H5N9 is a rare subtype of the influenza A virus that can cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),

The H5N9 strain of avian influenza is much more rare than the H5N1 which has been responsible for most of the reported human cases and the first human death.

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 67 people in the U.S. have been infected with H5N1 bird flu. One person has died.

U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based WOAH, adding that the almost 119,000 birds on the

The Philippines is once again banning poultry imports from South Dakota, United States, following a bird flu outbreak, the Department of Agriculture announced Thursday, .

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A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide ... including avian influenza A(H5N1), have gained the ability to spread easily and sustainably among ...