For now, the bird flue outbreak that forced the euthinization of entire poultry flocks in eastern Kansas has been halted in its tracks, Barton County Extension Agent Alicia Boor told the Barton County Commission Monday morning. And, she said, the avian influenza strain, H5N7, has not “jumped” from birds to humans. “Steps taken have curtailed it in Kansas,” she said, at least for this year.