Depopulation completed at egg farm as avian influenza is confirmed in wild Wisconsin birds

Wisconsin officials confirm finding highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds around the state. 

The Department of Natural Resources says the H5 virus was found in a Cooper’s hawk and a bald eagle from Dane County, a lesser scaup from Columbia County, a red-tailed hawk from Grant County, a Canada goose from Milwaukee County, and a trumpeter swan from Polk County.  The affected birds were tested by the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center and confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory on March 30 and March 31.

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