The outbreak is a significant blow to the region's duck farming industry, as Crescent Duck Farm is one of the last ... way around the world since 1997 but had been largely confined to wild birds ...

including many who had worked there for decades as the farm’s revenue cratered. “If duck farming isn’t an option, I’m not sure what we’d do,” he said. “We’re not really set up for ...

29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) Long Island ducks used as breeding stock at Crescent Duck Farm, move around a barn, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) Day-old ...