Salmonellosis outbreaks, mainly affecting children under 5, related to backyard chickens, ducks, according to the CDC

More than 200 cases of Salmonella infections across the United States with live backyard poultry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

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More than 200 cases of Salmonella infection across the United States have been linked to contact with backyard chickens, said the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in a report this week. Children under 5 accounted for 26% of people diagnosed with the bacteria, according to the CDC.

Children under 5 accounted for 26% of those reported. According to the CDC, more than 70% of those declared to be sick reported contacting chicks or ducklings in the week prior to the onset of their illness, according to the CDC.

Attendees at the 3rd Annual Perdue Farms Animal Care Summit visited Perdue Research Farm on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 in Westover, Maryland.

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People reported getting live poultry from forage stores, hatcheries and relatives

No deaths were reported.

"It is important to keep in mind all poultry – to carry these sprouts as a part of the normal flora in their systems," said Dr. Dora Mills, a former director of the Center for Disease Control. Maine, Bangor Daily News. "Always remember to wash your hands after squeezing a chicken."

"It's important to keep in mind that all poultry have these microbes and carry these germs in the normal flora of their systems. So always remember to wash your hands after squeezing a chicken against you. "

– Dr. Dora Mills, former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control

Rinder Myers is known as the local" doctor chicken "and expert of Tulsa, Okla., Region, KTUL-TV reported. stated at the station that the risk of raising chickens was "minimal", adding that the risk was higher in industrial farms where chickens are often piled up.

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The CDC estimates that salmonella causes about 450 deaths each year

Most people infected with the bacteria develop diarrhea and fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after the disease. Infection

For some people, diarrhea can be so severe that they have to be hospitalized.

Salmonella causes approximately 23,000 hospitalizations each year, according to the CDC.

Households were linked on the fly Since 2000, the CDC has reported.

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