Federal businesses confirmed new avian flu instances in business turkey and broiler flocks situated in Arkansas and Minnesota.
HPAI in Arkansas
Extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in business broilers situated in Carroll County, Arkansas, in line with the USA Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS). Flock dimension was not reported.
That is the primary case for Carroll County and the third flock in Arkansas with HPAI. The final Arkansas case was reported on October 31, involving 31,600 broiler breeder pullets in Madison County.
HPAI in Minnesota
APHIS additionally reported HPAI in business turkey flocks in Becker and Otter Tail Counties.
The Becker County case concerned 25,500 business turkey breeder hens. That is the fifth confirmed flock in Becker County, with the final case reported on October 19 and impacting 20,200 turkey breeder hens.
In Otter Tail County, the HPAI cased concerned 19,000 business turkeys. That is the tenth reported optimistic flock within the county, with the latest reported on November 24.
These two instances carry the variety of optimistic flocks confirmed with HPAI in Minnesota at 109. HPAI was most not too long ago confirmed on November 27 in Brown County. That case concerned one other turkey breeder operation, with 7,700 birds affected.
Turkey farms with toms could possibly be extra prone to HPAI than operations with out toms, discovered a latest research from the USDA. Toms spend extra time on the farm and have an extended development cycle than hens, in order that they have larger publicity to potential fomites that assist unfold the illness.
The latest outbreak of HPAI has resulted within the depopulation of 60 million business birds, with new instances persevering with to be reported.
View our persevering with protection of the international avian influenza scenario.
To study extra about HPAI instances in business poultry flocks in the USA, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
