Source: Spencer Chase, AGRI-PULSE, 3/5/17

The first 2017 detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial U.S. flock has been confirmed in Tennessee. According to a release from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, an H7 strain of HPAI was detected in a flock of 73,500 commercial chicken breeders in Lincoln County, Tenn. Testing is underway to determine the “N-type” of the virus. Samples taken form the facility confirmed the detection after the flock began experiencing increased mortality.

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