Chickens Isolation Amid H5N1 Risk

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Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk

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Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk.

City of Vancouver spokeswoman says bird flu represents a “real and present risk” to backyard chickens.

First human death from bird flu in the United States was reported last week in a person from Louisiana who had been in contact with sick birds in a backyard flock.

Experts fear mutations could change H5N1 into a virus capable of causing a human pandemic.

Experts say the risk for the general public is still considered very low.

In East Vancouver , East Vancouver resident says she has full confidence that Lumpy Eye will make it through the outbreaks.

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