US reports new avian influenza outbreaks in 8 states
23 new outbreaks occurred last week
25 April 2022
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By: Last week, the US reported 23 new cases of avian influenza in eight states, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS).
While four of the reports came from small backyard flocks, several large-scale commercial farms were affected. In Pennsylvania, two commercial table egg operations confirmed outbreaks, which impacted over 2 million layers.
Minnesota's commercial turkey meat sector was also hard hit with a total of 12 outbreaks reported over the three days from 19-21 April. The outbreaks impacted nearly half a million meat turkeys.
Impacted states include: Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Indiana, Montana, Pennsylvania, Iowa and North Dakota.
Since the start of April there have been 96 outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial flocks and 37 in backyard flocks. April's reported outbreaks have impacted a total of 9.26 million birds.
Melanie Epp
Melanie Epp is a freelance agricultural journalist from Ontario, Canada.
