New Mexico has had its first case of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a industrial operation.
Based on data from the USA Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS), the presence of H5N1 HPAI was confirmed in a industrial hatchery in Roosevelt County. APHIS didn’t specify what kind of hatchery was affected, however it did reveal that 61,500 birds have been concerned.
Till now, New Mexico had by no means had any industrial flocks affected in the course of the 2022-24 HPAI outbreak, and solely two yard infections – with a kind of being confirmed in November 2023 and the opposite in October 2023.
Nonetheless, H5N1 has develop into a extra frequent matter of concern in New Mexico in current weeks, with the presence of the virus being confirmed in six dairy cattle herds within the state because the starting of April. APHIS didn’t provide data regarding wherein counties these bovine instances have been confirmed, however a World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH) report acknowledged that 5 such cases have been confirmed in Curry County.
In accordance with guidelines set by WOAH, yard poultry and dairy cattle infections shouldn’t impression international poultry commerce.
To study extra about HPAI instances in industrial poultry flocks in the USA, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
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