Nearly 6.4 million birds in Colorado and 2.2 million in Utah have died since April 2022 in an outbreak that Colorado State University's Dr. Kristy Pabilonia called the worst she’s seen in the U.S. in her two-decade career monitoring avian diseases.
A poultry disease expert discusses the avian flu virus, egg prices and how wild birds are driving the U.S. outbreak.
If you have sick birds or birds that have died from unknown causes, help is available at the Colorado Avian Health Call Line at CSU, 970-297-4008.
After a a rapid test for canine parvovirus, Dr. Lindsey Dunn ordered a more sensitive diagnostic test based on a method known as polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, from the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, which confirmed canine parvovirus.
The State Veterinarian’s office has been collaborating with the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the Colorado Horse Park, and private practicing veterinarians involved in the case.
Officials with the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed one case on July 23, after a beef producer in Sedgwick County reported a string of seven acute deaths in the herd they managed.
The CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed the case last week. A second positive case was confirmed positive in a nearby beef herd Tuesday.
The Colorado State Veterinarian’s Office has received confirmation that a horse in Pueblo County tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA). Samples from the horse initially tested positive at the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory on June 2, 2022
“While this rule will expire, the Colorado State Veterinarian’s Office recommends that all poultry shows, sales, swaps and commingling events continue to be postponed or canceled at this time,” said Colorado State Veterinarian Dr. Maggie Baldwin. If you have sick birds or birds that have died from unknown causes, help is available at the Colorado Avian Health Call Line at CSU, (970) 297-4008.
On Wednesday, June 15 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., an emergency exercise will be held on the South Campus behind the Johnson Family Equine Hospital just south of the intersection of Phemister Road and Gillette Drive. During the exercise, you may see emergency response vehicles and first responders in hazardous material suits. Please do not call 9-1-1.