MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The country’s first case of H5N9 bird flu has been identified in Merced County. This H5N9 strain, which was identified earlier this month, is different from ...

In the Jan. 24 report, the WOAH announced that H5N9 had been identified at a duck farm in Merced County, California. The current outbreak, which the report says was confirmed on Jan. 13 ...

Health officials also detected a more common H5N1 strain of bird flu on the same farm which is located in Merced County, California. "This is the first confirmed case of HPAI H5N9 in poultry in th ...

PARIS — The first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu has been reported in ... detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California, they said in a report to Paris-based ...

A new strain of bird flu — H5N9 — has been detected in California's Merced County at a commercial duck operation. According to the World Organization for Animal Health — an international consortium of ...