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An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at a commercial poultry farm in Madison County, according to an Arkansas Department of Agriculture news release Friday afternoon.
The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed by testing at a commercial poultry farm in Madison County, according to a state Department of Agriculture news release Friday afternoon.
According to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, the virus spreads easily among chickens through nasal and eye secretions.
Arkansas poultry farmers have been urged to take precautions after avian influenza, or bird flu, was detected on a Madison County farm.