DEM Warns Poultry Keepers of Avian Flu Risk
![[CREDIT: DEM] DEM warns owners of fowl to maintain biosecurity among their flocks to protect against a highly virulent strain of avian flu. The disease poses a low risk to people, but can kill 90 percent of poultry populations, a hazard for RI fowl farming.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DEM-avian-flu-newport-county-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Department of Environmental Management is reminding fowl owners about biosecurity measures to protect the animals from highly pathogenic avian flu – influenza (HPAI) recently found in […]