Yesterday, the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed five more avian flu outbreaks in three states.
Indiana reported three outbreaks involving a duck farm in Elkhart County affecting nearly 21,000 birds, a 10-bird backyard flock in Johnson County, and a duck breeding facility in Lagrange County affecting 4,800 birds.
In Michigan, 113,000 birds were affected in an outbreak on a turkey farm in Ottawa County, the state’s third detection in commercial turkeys in less than a week. And Washington reported an outbreak affecting nine poultry in Snohomish County.
In the past month, APHIS has noted avian flu in 32 commercial flocks and 35 backyard flocks, affecting a total of 3.72 million birds.
