Wisconsin has skilled its first case of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of 2024.
Based on info from america Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS), the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of economic meat turkeys in Washburn County on January 5. There have been 41,000 birds concerned.
This detection of HPAI is the primary time the virus has appeared within the state since December 8, 2023. Wisconsin had 5 flocks affected by HPAI in 2023 and 11 flocks affected in 2022.
That is the primary case of HPAI to happen in Washburn County throughout the 2022-24 outbreak.
With this new detection of HPAI, Wisconsin turns into the third state to have a flock contaminated in 2024. On December 3, the presence of HPAI was confirmed in three business poultry operations in California, involving broilers and layer pullets. Sooner or later later, the virus was confirmed in a business layer pullet flock in Kansas. Collectively, these 4 flocks concerned greater than 1.5 million chickens.
APHIS has additionally reported three confirmed instances of HPAI in yard poultry in america in 2024, however in accordance with requirements set by the World Organisation for Animal Well being (WOAH), these instances shouldn’t have any influence on worldwide poultry commerce.
Up to now in 2024, Canada has solely had one occasion of HPAI being confirmed in a business poultry operation, with that case being confirmed January 3 in Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
To study extra about HPAI instances in business poultry flocks in america, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
View our persevering with protection of the international avian influenza state of affairs.
