The USA has gone one month with none new instances of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in business poultry flocks.
Based on the USA Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS), the final occasion of HPAI in a business flock was confirmed on July 19 in a flock of economic desk egg pullets in Weld County, Colorado. The flock concerned 300,800 pullets.
The one different cases of HPAI to be reported since that time have been in non-commercial flocks in Florida, with these instances being confirmed in July 24 and August 5. Nonetheless, in response to World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH) guidelines, these instances mustn’t have an effect on worldwide commerce.
To this point in 2024, the next states have had confirmed instances of HPAI in business poultry flocks: Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, Iowa, Texas, South Dakota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas, California and Wisconsin.
The final time the USA went this lengthy with none new HPAI detections in business poultry was in 2023. Nonetheless, that hole between confirmed instances was longer. Throughout that yr, two business turkey flocks have been affected on April 19, with a type of in North Dakota and the different in South Dakota. After these two instances have been confirmed, the following case of HPAI in a U.S. business flock was not confirmed till one other South Dakota flock was contaminated on October 4.
Elsewhere in North America, Canada has not had any confirmed instances of HPAI in business poultry since February 19, 2024. Mexico’s final case of HPAI in a business flock was reported on October 28, 2023.
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To study extra about HPAI instances in business poultry flocks in the USA, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
