The primary circumstances of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of 2024 come with 3 business poultry operations in California and one in Kansas.
Avian influenza in California
In keeping with knowledge from the US Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Provider (APHIS), the presence of HPAI was once showed in 3 business flocks in California on January 3.
Two of the ones flocks had been in Merced County. One concerned 764,300 desk egg layer pullets and the opposite concerned 534,800 business broilers. In Sonoma County, a flock of 77,900 business broilers was once affected.
Each counties had more than one earlier circumstances in fresh weeks. In 2023, Sonoma County had 8 business flocks suffering from HPAI, and Merced County had seven.
Avian influenza in Kansas
On January 4, the presence of HPAI was once showed in a flock of industrial desk egg layer pullets in Rice County, Kansas. This actual flock consisted of 125,000 birds.
That is the 3rd business flock to be hit in Rice County inside of the previous month. On December 13, the presence of HPAI was once showed in a flock of 700,000 business layers and 6 days later, the virus was once showed in a flock of 800,000 business layers.
To be informed extra about HPAI circumstances in business poultry flocks in the US, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
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