4 states reported extra H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in poultry, together with a second detection in Hawaiian yard poultry and outbreaks on business farms in California, in accordance with the most recent confirmations from the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Service (APHIS).
Hawaii reported its first outbreak on November 17 in a yard flock of 70 birds in Honolulu County on Oahu island. In line with APHIS, the virus additionally turned up at one other yard facility in the identical county, which entails a location that has 9 birds.
California, which has been hit exhausting by outbreaks in dairy cows and poultry, has three extra outbreaks from three totally different counties. They embody a business broiler farm in Fresno County that has 172,800 birds, a turkey farm in Merced County that has 38,200 birds, and a turkey farm in Stanislaus County that has 22,400 birds.
Two states—Minnesota and Washington—reported outbreaks in yard poultry. Minnesota reported two occasions in Martin County, its first since July. Taken collectively, the websites have 70 birds. Washington’s outbreak occurred at a location in Whatcom County that has 40 birds.
Extra confirmations in wild birds, dairy farm developments
In different virus developments, APHIS reported greater than 100 H5N1 detections in wild birds, most with October and November pattern assortment dates. Many of the detections have been from western states and plenty of have been raptors discovered useless or hunter-harvested waterfowl. Among the detections have been from Midwestern states together with Illinois, Kansas, and Minnesota, and the APHIS record additionally included captive black vultures from Florida’s Brevard County.
The group additionally included some company harvested wild birds in California counties experiencing outbreaks in dairy cattle.
Relating to outbreaks in dairy cattle, APHIS confirmed yet one more detection from a California farm, elevating the state’s whole to 336 and the nationwide whole to 550.
Elsewhere, the Pennsylvania Division of Agriculture in the present day introduced obligatory bulk milk tank testing as an added measure to stop the unfold of avian flu in dairy cattle. Up to now, Pennsylvania has not reported any outbreaks on dairy farms. The order goes into impact in the present day and will likely be finished for gratis to farmers. Pennsylvania is now one in every of 4 states that haven’t been affected by outbreaks to order bulk milk tank testing. The others are Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Massachusetts.
