Avian Influenza (the bird flu) has been a hot topic in the news recently, with strands hitting farms all across the United States. The bird flu is a highly contagious disease that can affect domestic birds and wildfowl; the disease is transmitted by the infected birds’ feces, saliva, or nasal secretions. The bird flu can be transmitted from birds to humans, but the possibility of that is extremely slim and the cases are rare.  If you watch the news, you may have seen recently that the bird flu hit a poultry flock in Jefferson county. This was the first case of the bird flu reported in Wisconsin since 2015, and…