Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry in Backyard Flocks, 2017 (Final Update) | Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Due to Live Poultry | June 2017 | Salmonella | CDC

Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry in Backyard Flocks, 2017 (Final Update) | Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Due to Live Poultry | June 2017 | Salmonella | CDC

Bird Health Awareness Week Twitter Chat

It’s almost spring, which means many people are buying chicks and ducklings for backyard flocks. Yet backyard flock owners can get sick if they don’t follow proper precautions, as shown by the record number of Salmonella infections linked to backyard flocks in 2017. Learn more about keeping your backyard flock and your family healthy during a Twitter chat at 2:30 p.m. ET, tomorrow, Thursday, March 1. The chat is hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Megin Nichols, DVM, who leads CDC’s Enteric Zoonoses Activity, will share information on preventing human Salmonella infections from backyard flocks Join @USDA_APHIS, @Healthy_Harry, and @CDC_NCEZID for #ChickenChat2018.