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Bird Flu Detected At 5 Lehigh County Turkey Farms: Report Bird Flu Detected At 5 Lehigh County Turkey Farms: Report
Bird Flu Detected At 5 Lehigh County Turkey Farms: Report The highly contagious bird flu has been detected among turkeys on poultry farms in Lehigh County, officials say.  The state Department of Agriculture found the illness in five separate flocks on farms in North Whitehall Township between Thursday, Nov. 3 and Wednesday, Nov. 9, according to a report by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, a private lobbying association.  The affected farms were not named, but the outbreak could impact up to 75,000 turkeys across all five flocks, the report says.   The Bureau said state officials will set up a "control area and surveillance zone"…

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by Mac Bullock