HPAI detected in two more states

Kansas and Illinois are the latest states where highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

HPAI has been detected in a backyard mixed-species poultry flock in Franklin County, Kansas, and a non-commercial backyard flock (non-poultry) in McLean County, Illinois.  Birds from both flocks have been depopulated.

Samples from the Kansas flock were tested at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory and confirmed at the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. 

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