Avian Flu California 2024. Nine workers involved in the slaughter became infected. As health officials scramble to determine the spread of avian flu in u.s.
Avian influenza (ai), commonly called bird flu, is a disease found in some populations of wild water fowl that can infect chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, ducks, geese and guinea fowl, as well as a wide variety of other domesticated and wild birds. In may 2024, the city was informed by the california department of public health of a positive h5n1 test result on two asymptomatic chickens at a.