Source: Madelyn Ostendorf, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 3/21/22


On Sunday, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in three additional states, all of which were confirmed on March 17. The confirmations were in a backyard mixed species (non-poultry) in Lincoln County, Maine; a backyard mixed species (non-poultry) in Sedgwick County, Kansas; and a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Kent County, Delaware. The flocks have been depopulated.

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