{"id":1464843,"date":"2025-12-14T16:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1464843"},"modified":"2025-12-16T03:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:14:31","slug":"years-first-case-of-bird-flu-in-shelby-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1464843","title":{"rendered":"First case of bird flu in Shelby County"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHELBY COUNTY \u2013 \"\"Texas\u2019 first confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza of the year was found in a Shelby County commercial poultry flock this week, according to our news partners at KETK. The case was confirmed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on Thursday after a \u201cconsiderable mortality\u201d was found in a Shelby County flock, according to the Texas Animal Health Commission and the United States Department of Agriculture\u2019s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) said they\u2019re working closely with the federal animal health officials to respond to the affected area, which has been quarantined. The TAHC added that they\u2019re also monitoring areas nearby the quarantined flock.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll bird owners should consider how they can keep their flocks healthy through enhanced biosecurity practices,\u201d TAHC executive director and state veterinarian, Dr. Bud Dinges said. \u201cEnsuring barriers between wild birds are established is critical. Watch birds closely for signs of illness and report sickness or unexpected deaths immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes that H5N1 viruses, also known as the bird flu, pose a low risk to people in the United States but the TAHC reminded Texans that all poultry and eggs must be brought to an internal temperature of 165?F as a precaution.<\/p>\n

The TAHC made the following recommendations to all Texas poultry producers in light of this news:<\/p>\n

\u201cClosely observe and report sudden increases in the number of sick birds or bird deaths to the TAHC at 1-800-550-8242 or APHIS 1-866-536-7593.\u201d
\n\u201cPractice good biosecurity with poultry and all other animals interacting with the flock.\u201d
\n\u201cPrevent contact between domestic birds and wild birds. Consider bringing birds indoors to further prevent exposures.\u201d
\n\u201cAvoid visits to other premises with susceptible animals and wash hands before and after handling birds.\u201d
\nFor more information and additional resources, visit the TAHC online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SHELBY COUNTY \u2013 Texas\u2019 first confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza of the year was found in a Shelby County commercial poultry flock this week, according to our news partners at KETK. The case was confirmed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on Thursday after a \u201cconsiderable mortality\u201d was found in a Shelby County … Continue reading First case of bird flu in Shelby County<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1464849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/chicken-1-e1765752154385-191x200.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 03:55:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/chicken-1-e1765752154385-191x200.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1464843"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465096,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464843\/revisions\/1465096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1464849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1464843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1464843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1464843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}