The avian influenza continues to spread with the second person in the US found to be ill with HPAI, along with a major egg producer depopulating over one million birds.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed for the first time in Benton and Clatsop counties in Oregon, by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory.
In the thick of the fall wild bird migration, Washington state veterinarians confirmed the state’s 17th county, and 44th flock infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
On October 19, 2023, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial flock in Union County.
During a recent Senate Ag committee hearing where bird flu took center stage, USDA Under Secretary of Agriculture Jenny Moffitt told lawmakers the Department is acting very quickly to address any and all outbreaks, regardless of where they occur across the country...