The US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that two extra business poultry flocks have examined optimistic for extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
On the identical day, APHIS provided further particulars regarding a beforehand introduced detection of HPAI in Weld County, Colorado.
New flock infections in Minnesota
In response to APHIS, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in two business turkey breeder hen flocks on July 9, with each of these flocks in Minnesota.
One flock was in Kandiyohi County and concerned 21,900 birds. The opposite was in Renville County and concerned 15,400 birds.
With these two new cases of HPAI, Minnesota has now had 17 business poultry flocks struck by the virus in 2024, however that is the primary time this yr that flocks in Kandiyohi and Renville counties have been affected. Different Minnesota to have confirmed instances of HPAI in business poultry this yr are Otter Tail, Swift, Pipestone, Stearns, Lyon, Meeker, Morrison and Dodge.
No state has had extra flocks struck by HPAI through the 2022-24 outbreak. In 2022, virus appeared in 81 flocks, and in 2023, it appeared in 34 flocks.
Replace on HPAI state of affairs in Colorado
APHIS earlier revealed {that a} business laying hen operation in Weld County, Colorado, grew to become the positioning of a confirmed HPAI an infection, however didn’t launch particulars regarding how massive the flock was.
In response to up to date info on the APHIS web site, that flock concerned 1,790,800 birds.
Colorado has had two business poultry flocks affected by HPAI in 2024. The primary of these was confirmed in February and concerned a business broiler breeder flock in Delta County.
View our persevering with protection of the world avian influenza state of affairs.
To be taught extra about HPAI instances in business poultry flocks in the US, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
