Avian flu confirmed in commercial turkey flock in California

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal agriculture officials say they have found avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in central California.<br /> <br /> The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday that the facility in Stanislaus County has been quarantined and birds from the affected flock will not enter the food system.<br /> <br /> Testing occurred after the flock experienced a spike in deaths.<br /> <br /> Officials say there is no immediate public health concern and the detected strain - H5N8 - is not known to harm humans.<br /> <br /> The bird flu strain H5N1 ravaged poultry across Asia in 2003 and is more easily spread among humans.

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