USA: Bird flu confirmed in Ohio and California

These include a commercial layer flock in Hardin County, Ohio with 1,363,900 birds, as well as facilities in Todd County, Minnesota (78,900 commercial breeder turkeys) and Muskegon, Michigan (31,000 commercial turkey birds) ). Over the past month, a total of 89 confirmed cases of HPAI have been reported, affecting 52 commercial flocks and 37 backyard flocks, for a total of approximately 13.22 million birds.

The USDA 's Animal and Plant HEALTH Inspection Service (APHIS) also confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a 709,000-bird commercial table layer flock in Merced County, California. APHIS shows that 16 commercial flocks and two backyard flocks are infected in California, totaling about 4.4 million birds.