US Reports Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu in a Wild Bird

US Reports Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu in a Wild Bird
A duck swims in a pond in a file photo. Pieter De Groot Boersma via Reuters TV
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CHICAGO—The Department of Agriculture on Friday confirmed the first case of a highly pathogenic type of avian influenza in a wild bird since 2016 in South Carolina.

The virus, Eurasian H5 avian influenza, was found in a wild duck that was hunted in Colleton County, in the southern part of South Carolina, officials said.