Established in 1908, the Aquebogue site is the last commercial duck farm on Long Island, once world-renowned for its ducks.
The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.
The owner of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., has been forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks due to positive bird flu tests.
The farm is a top supplier of duck for high-end restaurants, including eateries on Long Island and in New York City.
Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue will have to euthanize every bird at the facility after H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the ...
Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.
Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.
A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New ...
A commercial poultry farm on Long Island, New York, is being forced to kill thousands of ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu. The owner of Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue -- about ...
A farm in the Long Island area of New York has been forced to euthanize over 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak.
A major bird flu outbreak has hit a Suffolk County poultry farm. Dozens of state and federal agricultural workers dressed in ...