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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial mixed species flock in Charles Mix County, South Dakota. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2022/hpai-sd

3 H5N1 Canada Goose New Hampshire Straffod 3/2/2022 EA H5N1 Canada goose Sampling Source Wild bird mortality, NWDP/NHFGD/USGS (7) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

GREENE1: Laboratory testing of a commercial flock of turkeys in Greene County has identified H5 avian influenza virus. This is considered a presumptive-positive case, and samples are being verified at the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Iowa. This is the third farm (known as Greene1) in Indiana to be diagnosed with avian influenza. Pending test results should indicate if the virus is the same as the index farm diagnosed on Feb. 9 and if the virus is highly pathogenic. A high mortality rate led to testing. Depopulation has begun on the premises, which includes approximately 48,000 birds. The location of Greene1 is outside of existing con…

Volume 28, Number 5—May 2022 Dispatch Intercontinental Movement of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Clade 2.3.4.4 Virus to the United States, 2021 Sarah N. Bevins1 , Susan A. Shriner1, James C. Cumbee, Krista E. Dilione, Kelly E. Douglass, Jeremy W. Ellis, Mary Lea Killian, Mia K. Torchetti, and Julianna B. Lenoch Author affiliations: US Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (S.N. Bevins, S.A. Shriner); US Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Disease Program, Fort Collins (K.E. Dilione, J.B. Lenoch); US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, Columbia, South Carolina, USA (J.C.…

1 H5N1 Mallard 25 H5 Mallard https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

Spread of H5N1 in eastern part of US widely covered beginning with Andrew Jacob's NY Times comprehensive article, which includes link to map https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/science/avian-flu-us-poultry.html

Maryland Queen Anne's 3/8/2022 Commercial Broiler Chickens 150,000 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-commercial-backyard-flocks

5 H5 Snow Goose Barton KS Kansas Barton 3/8/2022 EA H5 Snow goose Hunter Harvest NWDP https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5 Redhead Duck Dubois IN Indiana Dubois 3/8/2022 EA H5 Redhead duck Live bird NWDP https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

3 H5 Lesser Scaup Brevard FL Florida Brevard 3/4/2022 EA H5 Lesser scaup Wild bird mortality FFWCC/SCWDS (10) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

2 H5 Bald Eagle Brevard FL Florida Brevard 3/4/2022 EA H5 Bald eagle Wild bird mortality USFWS/SCWDS (11) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5N1 Lesser Scaup Glynn GA Georgia Glynn 3/4/2022 EA H5N1 Lesser scaup Wild bird mortality GDNR/SCWDS (12) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

5 H5N1 Lesser Scaup Camden GA Georgia Camden 3/4/2022 EA H5N1 Lesser scaup Wild bird mortality GDNR/SCWDS (12) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5 Mallard Rockingham NH New Hampshire Rockingham 3/1/2022 EA H5 Mallard Live bird NWDP https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

Various countries have issued bans on poultry from various areas in Indiana.

Iowa Buena Vista 3/6/2022 Commercial Turkeys 50,000 https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-commercial-backyard-flocks

1 H5 Lesser scaup Brevard FL Florida Brevard 2/26/2022 EA H5 Lesser scaup Wild bird mortality FFWCC/USGS (8) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5 Sanderling Suffolk NY New York Suffolk 2/26/2022 EA H5 Sanderling Wild bird mortality, NYSDEC (6) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5N1 Lesser Scaup

Countries are banning poultry products in Michigan due to H5N1 HPAI.

Countries are banning poultry products from Maine due to H5N1 HPAI.

Countries are banning poultry products from Connecticut due to H5N1 HPAI.

18 H5 Mallard Cape May NJ New Jersey Cape May 2/23/2022 EA H5 Mallard Sampling Source Live bird NWDP

1 H5N1 Mallard Cape May NJ New Jersey Cape May 2/23/2022 EA H5N1 Mallard Sampling Source Live bird NWDP

3 H5N1 Canada Goose Massachusetts Barnstable 3/1/2022 EA H5N1 Canada goose Sampling Source Wild bird mortality, MDFW/USGS (5)