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Colorado declares disaster emergency as presumptive bird flu outbreak hits facility with 1.3M chickens
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- Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, acting as governor, issued a verbal disaster declaration for avian flu in Weld County to coordinate the state response.
- The action authorizes disaster emergency funds and enables the Office of Emergency Management to mobilize resources under emergency procurement rules.
- The Weld County outbreak centers on a large egg-laying facility housing about 1.3 million chickens with ongoing testing of dead birds.
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