Last fall, on a mink farm in Spain, H5N1 (avian influenza) likely spread across the animals. The outbreak resulted in the death or culling of the entire group of 50,000 minks.

We added the spreadsheet from Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE to help track the virus in the United States. See below.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ebzYaEimF4UQBJWQ-P_zXwZz6BL-yOY0IH2VOsS676M/edit?usp=sharing

Eurosurveillance | Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in farmed minks, Spain, October 2022

Bird flu is categorized as a viral infection that spreads among birds, and rarely affects humans. The symptoms presents similar to normal flu such as runny nose, sore throat and fever. On the first week of October, an acute increase in the mortality rate (0.77% vs an expected range of 0.2–0.3%) was identified at an American mink (Neovison vison) farm in the municipality of Carral, in the province A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.

An increasing number of mammals are becoming infected with avian flu@timothyrevell asks @MadeleineCuff if this new strain could pose a risk to humanshttps://t.co/h0HfJOz8Z7 pic.twitter.com/WREQ15MIkh

— New Scientist (@newscientist) February 11, 2023

Avian flu, responsible for higher egg prices, is global & spreading from foul to mammals now. The US Department of Agriculture & its UK counterpart say the virus has been detected in mammals such as raccoons, foxes, bears, skunks & even a cat in France.
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