The Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. — A national outbreak of salmonella has been linked to an eastern New Mexico hatchery that sells live baby chickens, ducks and other poultry by mail and supplies them to feed stores, state health officials have announced.
The state Department of Health said a strain of salmonella that’s infected more than 300 people in 37 states was found in a duck pen at Privett Hatchery in Portales.
No deaths have been reported, but 51 people have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children ages 10 and. . .
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