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Backyard Poultry
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Food Safety News
Will Maine’s Constitutional ‘Right to Food’ protect backyard chickens in town?
By Dan Flynn
Kamiwan and Paul Oliver versus the City of Calais, ME, is a court challenge to a local ordinance regulating backyard chickens in a town of approximately 3,000 residents on the…
Food Safety News
Backyard chickens blamed in Salmonella outbreak that has killed 1, sickened 104
By News Desk
A multistate Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard chickens has grown in just three weeks from 7 to 104 cases, with one death now recorded. Since its most recent update on…
Food Safety News
Backyard poultry flocks linked to outbreak of Salmonella; most victims younger than 5
By Coral Beach
The CDC is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections that are linked to contact with backyard poultry.Information from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says at least seven…
Food Safety News
Multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry
By News Desk
Public health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard poultry. As of May 16, 109 people across 29 states have been infected with…
Food Safety News
Salmonella outbreak traced to backyard poultry sickens more than 100 so far this year
By News Desk
An outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to backyard poultry flocks has sickened 104 people, resulting in 27 hospitalizations, according to an update from the CDC. Those sick range in age…
Food Safety News
Poultry contact behind Australian Salmonella outbreak; median age of 5 reported
By News Desk
Researchers have detailed the first widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry in Australia. Between May and August 2020, an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection was investigated. In total, 38 cases with an…
Salmonella Blog
Backyard Chickens still making people sick
By Bill Marler
As of August 31, 2021, a total of 863 people infected with one of the outbreak strains have been reported from 47 states and the District of Columbia. Illnesses started…
Food Safety News
Hundreds more confirmed sick in outbreak traced to backyard flocks
By News Desk
In the past month 311 patients have been added to the list of people with Salmonella infections related to contact with backyard poultry flocks. One person has died. The total…
Worms & Germs Blog
Backyard Chickens + Salmonella… No Surprise There
By Scott Weese
I was at our local farm supply store the other day and saw a sign indicating they were out of chicken coops and trying to find more from different sources.…
Worms & Germs Blog
Backyard Chicken Salmonella Outbreak
By Scott Weese
COVID-19 derailed our plans for some backyard chicken work (e.g. research and education) this spring, but the emergence of COVID-19 doesn’t mean all other infectious disease issues have disappeared. Some…