The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has issued a 30 day suspension on the exhibition or sale of poultry at swap meets, exhibitions, flea markets, and auction markets effective immediately.
The move is intended to reduce and prevent the spread of avian flu, which has been detected in commercial and backyard flocks across the state.
Avian flu is caused by a virus which can infect poultry such as chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, domestic ducks and geese.
The flu strains are extremely infectious, often fatal in chickens and can spread rapidly from flock to flock.
The IDOA,also in it's suspension announcement, indicated that while avian flu has also been detected in dairy cattle, no cases have been confirmed yet in Illinois.
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