The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in two commercial broiler flocks in California on October 29.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that both of the flocks were in Kings County, but the number of birds in either flock has not yet been reported.
California has now had five commercial poultry flocks affected by H5N1 HPAI this fall, with the other instances being two commercial broiler flocks in Tulare County and a commercial meat turkey flock in Merced County. California has also had 142 commercial dairy herds affected by H5N1 over the past 30 days, APHIS reported.
According to APHIS, prior to now, Kings County had not had any confirmed cases of HPAI in commercial poultry during the entire 2022-24 outbreak.
Other states to have commercial poultry flocks hit by HPAI in September and October include Utah, Oregon and Washington. Also recently affected are commercial poultry flocks in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
View our continuing coverage of the global avian influenza situation.
To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
