New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says
[May 06, 2025]
By MIKE STOBBE
NEW YORK (AP) — A new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has
sickened at least seven people in six states, health officials said
Monday.
Two cases were identified in Missouri, and one each in Florida,
Illinois, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said.
People got sick in February and March of this year, the CDC said. They
all had the same strain of salmonella — a version that has been traced
to hatcheries in the past. The investigation is continuing, health
officials said.
Salmonella bacteria cause about 1.35 million infections in the United
States every year, and recent outbreaks have been tied to sources such
as cucumbers, eggs, unpasteurized milk, fresh basil, geckos and pet
bearded dragons.
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This 2009 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention shows a large group of Gram-negative
Salmonella typhimurium bacteria that had been isolated from a pure
culture. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP, File)
But one concern is that chickens and other backyard poultry can carry
salmonella bacteria even if they look healthy and clean. A backyard
poultry-associated outbreak that ended last year was tied to 470 cases
spread across 48 states, including one death.
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