FRANKFORT, Ky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - State and federal authorities are investigating an outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm in western Kentucky.
State Veterinarian Robert C. Stout said the strain discovered is "nonpathogenic or low-pathogenic" and poses a minimal risk to human health. Stout said it is not the "high pathogenic strain" associated with human and poultry deaths in other countries.
Stout quarantined the farm, which produces hatching eggs for Perdue Farms Inc. He said some 20,000 chickens have been euthanized.