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Veterinary Experts Condemn Lax Response to H5N1 Outbreak at Utah Mink Farm

Original: Veterinary Experts Condemn Dangerously Lax Response to H5N1 Outbreak at Utah Mink Farm

Veterinary experts are criticizing the official response to an H5N1 bird flu outbreak at a mink farm in Utah, calling it dangerously lax. Animal welfare groups including the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action are highlighting concerns that weak containment measures at mink operations could allow the virus to adapt and spread, given past worries about mink as a potential bridge host for avian influenza to mammals and humans.

Why now: Renewed concern about H5N1 spreading in farmed mink and its pandemic potential is drawing attention to containment failures.

Center for a Humane EconomyAnimal Wellness ActionH5N1Utahmink farm

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