Veterinarians and agriculture experts are warning Colorado flock owners to be cautious as high pathogen avian influenza is making a return to the region. Commercial and backyard flocks have been impacted by the avian flu in recent weeks in Northern Colorado’s Weld and Larimer counties.
This year, the first outbreak was reported at a backyard mixed species flock in Larimer County on Jan. 5. A total of 16 birds tested positive. Days later another backyard flock in Logan County reported positive cases with 55 fatalities. The next day, 18 birds were lost in a backyard flock in Larimer County.
Then, on Jan. 28, an outbreak was detected an an egg laying facility in Weld County which houses 1.33 million chickens. Prior to that, there had been a large gap in time since a commercial outbreak occurred…