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After a Long Island farm was forced to euthanize 99,000 birds due to a bird flu outbreak, the impact of the virus continues to grow nationwide. More than 130 million birds have been infected across ...

The farm is a top supplier of duck for high-end restaurants, including eateries on Long Island and in New York City.

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SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) – Bird Flu has been discovered at a New York duck farm, forcing the business to euthanize the entire flock – over 100,000 birds. Crescent Duckline in Aquebogue will have ...

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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.

While an avian influenza outbreak is threatening the business of Long Island's oldest – and last – duck farm, the risk of a human outbreak of the virus remains low, according to experts.

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.

A farm in the Long Island area of New York has been forced to euthanize over 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak.

Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.

The Crescent Duck Farm on Long Island’s north fork is 117 years old, the last of the island’s duck farms — a region that was once the duck capital of the country — and the supplier that many of the ...