Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently updated it policy for pre-slaughter surveillance of turkeys in its efforts to control the spread (HPAI). The announcement comes after a household cat contracted HPAI H5N1 from infected raw turkey pet food in late December 2024.

A commercial duck flock in the state of New York is the latest instance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be confirmed. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 101,000 ducks in Suffolk County on January 17.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced in a press release that it would be updating the policies it already has in place to enhance testing of turkey flocks to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or highly pathogenic bird flu.

As part of its ongoing, multi-faceted efforts to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today is updating its policy for pre-slaughter surveillance to enhance testing of turkey flocks in affected states.

The bird flu, also known as avian influenza and H5N1, was implicated in the first human death from the infectious disease on January 6. But still, no human-to-human transmission has been reported.

Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.

According to a news release, the DNR has increased its contract with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to enhance the disposal of dead birds that might carry Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The contract expansion, amounting to $30,000, will provide additional wildlife technicians in the state through September.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced a presumptive positive case of H5N1 Avian Influenza in a commercial broiler flock in Accomack County. Testing was conducted at the Maryland Department of Agriculture Laboratory in Salisbury,

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (also known as Bird Flu) in a small, "non-commercial flock" of 13 chickens and ducks in Clayton County on Saturday.

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in domestic birds in Puerto Rico has been reported. This marks the first instance of the virus in domestic birds in Puerto Rico since the onset of the outbreak in February 2022.

the DNR has increased its contract with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to enhance the disposal of dead birds that might carry Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ...