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A strain of avian influenza that has been spreading since April 2022 has now been found in three more Utah counties, bringing ...

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says it has confirmed avian flu in wild birds in three separate counties in Utah.

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Since November, more than 15,000 wild birds have died along the shore of the Great Salt Lake from avian influenza (or bird flu), according to state officials.

“In addition to the millions of people who live here, so many plants and animals depend on the lake, including 12 million birds from more than 300 species. They make this area unlike anywhere else.

For several years, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has devastated both wild birds and agricultural flocks across the country. Recently, the virus was found in Utah dairy cows.

State wildlife biologists began detecting bird flu cases in the area in November 2024, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokeswoman Faith Heaton Jolley confirmed to KSL on Friday. A few of the ...