Avian influenza returns to United States



The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed Feb. 14 the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in birds in two more states – a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Fulton County, Kentucky, and a backyard flock of mixed-species birds in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Samples from two Kentucky flocks were tested at the Breathitt Veterinary Center Laboratory and samples from the affected Virginia flock were tested at the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Harrisonburg Regional Animal Health Laboratory, both part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. The Virginia and Fulton […]

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