3 industrial turkey operations in the similar South Dakota County and a industrial duck breeding operation in California are the newest places for showed circumstances of extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in america.
In keeping with america Division of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Well being Inspection Carrier (APHIS), the presence of HPAI was once showed at 3 farms in Edmunds County, South Dakota, on November 20. One concerned a flock of 33,400 industrial meat turkeys, some other concerned a flock of 19,200 turkey breeder hens and the opposite concerned 30,100 turkey breeder substitute hens.
With those new circumstances of HPAI, South Dakota has now had 80 industrial poultry or upland gamebird flocks suffering from HPAI all over the 2022-23 outbreak. Nineteen of the ones flocks have been affected in 2023.
APHIS additionally reported a showed HPAI an infection in a flock of 23,400 industrial duck breeders in Fresno County, California. That is the 3rd example of a industrial poultry farm being suffering from HPAI in California in 2023. The former two each happened in Merced County. One concerned a industrial breeding duck operation whilst the opposite concerned a industrial meat turkey operation.
In 2022, California had 15 industrial flocks hit via HPAI.
New HPAI circumstances in Canada
The Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA) reported that two extra industrial poultry operations were impacted via HPAI, with each circumstances being showed on November 20.
One was once in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and the opposite was once in Rouville, Quebec.
CFIA didn’t disclose the kind of poultry operations that have been affected, or what number of birds have been concerned.
Up to now all over the 2022-23 outbreak, British Columbia has had 115 industrial flocks inflamed, whilst Quebec has had 42.
View our proceeding protection of the international avian influenza state of affairs.
To be informed extra about HPAI circumstances in industrial poultry flocks in america, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.