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Five people infected as bird flu appears to go from cows to chickens to humans
High temperatures made it hard for workers to use protective gear during culling.
The affected poultry farm is in Colorado's northern county of Weld, which has also reported about two dozen outbreaks of avian influenza in dairy herds. In the press briefing Tuesday, Eric Deeble, acting senior advisor for H5N1 response with the US Department of Agriculture, noted the poultry are very susceptible to avian influenza and are easily infected. "The difficulty with wearing all that gear in that kind of heat, you can imagine," said Julie Gauthier, executive director for field operations at the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
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