21 Jan USDA confirms highly pathogenic Eurasian H5 avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild American wigeon in South Carolina
The following information was distributed by the Colorado Department of Agriculture on January 18, 2022. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic Eurasian H5 avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild American wigeon in Colleton County, South Carolina. This is the first confirmed case of HPAI in the United States since 2020, when an isolated case of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza was diagnosed in a commercial poultry flock in South Carolina. See the full announcement from USDA...