A commercial broiler breeder operation in Bledsoe County is the latest case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be reported in the United States.
According to information on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service website, the infection was confirmed on November 15, and there were 20,900 birds in the flock.
Prior to this, there had not been any cases of HPAI in commercial poultry in Tennessee, although thee state did have two previous cases in backyard poultry.
With the case in Tennessee, 26 states have now had confirmed cases in commercial operations in 2022. However, three of those states only had upland gamebird operations affected. Of those 26 states, Tennessee ranks 22nd in terms of the number of birds affected.
Update on Minnesota case
Another HPAI case was confirmed on November 15 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. APHIS had earlier reported that there were 30,000 commercial meat turkeys in the flock. However, the agency has since adjusted that number, now stating the flock contained 28,200 turkeys.
Three new avian flu cases in Canada
Three cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), all of which were confirmed on November 16. Two of those flocks were located in Abbotsford, British Columbia, while the other was in Forty Mile County, Alberta.
Information concerning what types of flocks those were, or how many birds were in each flock, has not yet been released.
The three new Canadian cases are included in a separate article on WATTPoultry.com, which ranks the provinces on how many flocks have been affected by HPAI. In total, seven provinces have had HPAI infections in commercial poultry flocks.
To learn more about HPAI cases in commercial poultry flocks in the United States and Canada, see an interactive map on WATTPoultry.com.
Read our ongoing coverage of the global avian influenza outbreak.
