TONOPAH, Ariz. — State agriculture officials announced Friday a fourth commercial farm in Maricopa County has tested positive for the avian flu. Meanwhile the egg company at the center of the outbreak is getting questions about its outreach efforts after Hickman’s Family Farms Community Outreach Coordinator provided the media with a cartoon of dead birds in response to questions about clean-up efforts.

Fourth farm tests positive

The state says the fourth facility struck by the bird flu in recent weeks does not have birds of egg-producing age. The infection was detected through routine surveillance sampling. Rachel Andrews of the State Department of Agriculture said it is federal/USDA practice to maintain confidentiality for farms impacted by infections, therefore they are not naming the

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