Not up to one week after extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) struck a industrial upland gamebird operation in Alabama, the virus has struck the primary industrial poultry flock.
In line with data from the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Carrier (APHIS), the presence of HPAI was once showed in a flock of 47,900 industrial broiler breeder pullets in Marshall County on November 2.
The one different industrial operation to be affected in Alabama throughout the 2022-23 outbreak was once showed on October 27, and that was once a industrial upland gamebird flock in Chilton County, which concerned 296,500 birds. The state has additionally simplest had one yard flock affected, however that case was once showed in December 2022.
Chilton County is within the central a part of the state, whilst Marshall County is within the northeastern a part of the state.
Iowa turkey flock additionally inflamed
Any other industrial meat turkey flock in Buena Vista County, Iowa, was once suffering from HPAI. APHIS reported that the flock concerned 30,000 turkeys, and the presence of the virus was once showed on November 1.
That is the is the fourth case of HPAI in industrial poultry in Iowa of 2023. Of the ones 4 instances, 3 were in Buena Vista County.
To this point in 2023, the next states have had showed HPAI instances in industrial poultry or industrial gamebirds: Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, California, Iowa, South Dakota, Utah, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Virginia and Tennessee.
In Canada, HPAI has struck industrial poultry within the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec in 2023.
View our proceeding protection of the international avian influenza scenario.
To be informed extra about HPAI instances in industrial poultry flocks in the US, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.