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Colorado reports avian influenza in a black bear, skunk and mountain lion

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Colorado Parks and Wildlife has identified several cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in free-ranging wildlife. A black bear from Huerfano County was affected by the...

Louisiana: Clostridium Botulinum type C was found in alfalfa hay cubes tied to the death of some 20 horses

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up report on the horse botulism cases in Louisiana and several other states, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF), in cooperation with the U.S....

Invasive group A strep cases up in Denver, CDC issues health advisory

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Colorado state health officials recently reported an increase in pediatric hospitalizations caused by group A strep. There have been 11 reported cases of invasive group A strep in...

Horse botulism outbreak update; FDA issues warning about Alfalfa Cubes

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the suspected botulism outbreak in horses in Louisiana, federal officials know of at least 98 horses in Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas who showed neurologic...

Bird flu prompts emergency declaration in Colorado

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Thursday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued an Executive Order declaring a state of disaster emergency due to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Colorado, enabling...

Colorado confirms first anthrax cases in cattle since 2012

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Colorado agriculture officials have confirmed anthrax in at least two beef cattle herds in Sedgwick County. These are the first confirmed cases of anthrax in cattle in Colorado since...

Colorado: Prairie dog tests positive for plague in Western La Plata County

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A prairie dog in the Hesperus/Breen area tested positive for Yersinia pestis, which is the bacteria that causes plague on Friday, July 15. Fleas from the prairie dog colony have been...

Colorado: Tularemia case reported in Pueblo County child, 1st human case of 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Public Health Officials announced Pueblo County’s first human tularemia case in 2022 in a youth. “Pueblo residents, especially those living in Pueblo West, are advised that...

Colorado reports two presumptive monkeypox cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Colorado health officials have reported two presumptive monkeypox cases in consecutive days this week. The first case who acquired the virus recently traveled to Canada where an outbreak...

Colorado: H3N8 equine influenza linked to outbreak in horses, deaths

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 An equine influenza virus that is not uncommon among both wild and domestic horses has been identified as the likely cause of the respiratory disease outbreak and associated mortality...