A total of 410,000 commercial broiler chickens were collectively lost in two flocks where the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on October 29.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) previously reported that HPAI had been confirmed in the two flocks in Kings County, California, but did not provide information on flock size until two days later. One of the affected flocks had 305,500 chickens, while the other had 104,500.
The following day, APHIS reported that HPAI had been found in another Kings County broiler flock and another broiler flock in Fresno County, California, but those flock size numbers have not yet been revealed.
So far this fall, California has had seven commercial poultry operations struck by HPAI. The counties to have confirmed cases are Kings, Fresno, Tulare and Merced.
One more British Columbia flock infection
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported one more commercial poultry flock in British Columbia has been affected by HPAI. The flock infection was confirmed on October 31 in Abbotsford.
In October alone, British Columbia had nine commercial poultry flocks affected by HPAI, four of which are in Abbotsford. The only other province to have a confirmed case of HPAI in commercial poultry during October was Saskatchewan, with one farm affected.
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To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States, Mexico and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
