New circumstances of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been confirmed in business poultry flocks in the US and Canada.
HPAI seems at two extra Minnesota farms
In the US, two business turkey operations in Minnesota have been affected. Certainly one of them was in Blue Earth County and concerned 11,900 birds, in response to data from the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS). The opposite was in Kandiyohi County, and concerned 53,700 birds. Each cases have been confirmed on October 24.
Minnesota, which had extra flocks affected by HPAI in 2022, had not seen any circumstances in business poultry for the primary 9 months of 2023. Nevertheless, because it resurfaced within the state on October 11, the presence of HPAI has been confirmed in eight business flocks. Two of them have been in Blue Earth County, however that is the primary 2023 HPAI case in Kandiyohi County.
So far, 89 business poultry flocks have been hit by HPAI in Minnesota throughout the previous two years.
British Columbia farm hit by HPAI
On the identical day APHIS reported the brand new Minnesota circumstances, the Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA) reported {that a} business poultry operation in Chilliwack, British Columbia, had been struck by HPAI.
One other business poultry farm in Chilliwack was a confirmed web site of HPAI an infection 4 days earlier.
CFIA has not but disclosed the flock sizes for probably the most latest Chilliwack circumstances, nor has it provided data on the kind of poultry concerned.
Simply as Minnesota was the U.S. state hardest hit by HPAI in 2022, British Columbia had extra premises affected by HPAI than another Canadian province in 2022.
Since April 13, 2022, British Columbia has had 81 business poultry flocks affected by HPAI.
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To be taught extra about HPAI circumstances in business poultry flocks in the US, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
