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When state officials announced on Dec. 16, 2024, that bird flu had been found in another in Ottawa County, it was the first time the H5N1 virus had been detected in Michigan poultry in over six months. Since then, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed  in the state, in five commercial and two backyard flocks, the most recent .
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