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The highly pathogenic virus has also spread to 989 dairy herds in 17 states since March of last year.
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Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
In a statement released March 12, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health stated that poultry from a commercial broiler breeder chicken flock in Noxubee County had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
Scientists found that, in this area, the virus that has been killing poultry across North America picked up a mutation from a local, less pathogenic avian influenza virus.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2025
There is a large body of evidence that, properly applied in dry or liquid form, worm castings deter not only insect pests but pathogenic fungi and nematodes as well.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
In a statement released March 12, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health stated that poultry from a commercial broiler breeder chicken flock in Noxubee County had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
Scientists found that, in this area, the virus that has been killing poultry across North America picked up a mutation from a local, less pathogenic avian influenza virus.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2025
There is a large body of evidence that, properly applied in dry or liquid form, worm castings deter not only insect pests but pathogenic fungi and nematodes as well.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Pathogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pathogenic. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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pathogenic
adjective
patho·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik 
2
: causing or capable of causing disease
pathogenic microorganisms
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