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CO poultry workers test positive for bird flu after outbreak at egg facility

Three Colorado poultry workers at a commercial egg-laying facility in northeast Colorado have tested presumptive positive for bird flu, state health officials said Friday.

In a statement early Friday evening, a spokesperson with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) said the workers were culling poultry at a farm in northeast Colorado and exhibited mild symptoms, including conjunctivitis, or pink eye, as well as “common respiratory infection symptoms.” The statement from the CDPHE did not expand on what those respiratory symptoms were and did not say whether antiviral treatment had been given to the workers who tested presumptive positive for the virus. As a result of outbreak at the Weld County egg-laying operation, a quarantine order is now in place in parts of Weld County in order to limit the movement of birds in and out of the area, and commercial or backyard poultry owners in the quarantine area were being asked to report the status of their flock through this online form. The CDPHE is advising anyone who works with dairy cows or poultry who may have flu-like symptoms, to call the state health department at 303-692-2700 (after normal business hours: 303-370-9395).

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