Nebraska

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing a fourth confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The fourth farm, a small backyard mixed flock, is in Holt County. https://nda.nebraska.gov/press/march2022/4thCaseHPAIBackyardFlock.pdf

The third farm, a flock of 400,000 broilers, is in Butler County (referred to as Butler County 2) and is located within the 6.2-mile control zone that NDA established around the farm announced earlier this week (now referred to as Butler County 1). https://nda.nebraska.gov/press/march2022/3rdCaseofHPAIFound.pdf

H5N1 Wild Bird Otoe NE https://nda.nebraska.gov/animal/avian/index.html

H5N1 Wild Bird Brown NE https://nda.nebraska.gov/animal/avian/index.html

– The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial flock of 570,000 broilers in Butler County. https://nda.nebraska.gov/press/march2022/HPAICommercialFlock.pdf

1 H5N1 Canada Goose Douglas NE Nebraska Douglas 3/10/2022 EA H5N1 Canada goose Wild bird mortality NDA (9) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5N1 Snow Goose Cedar NE Nebraska Cedar 3/14/2022 EA H5N1 Snow goose Wild bird mortality NDA (9) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

Previously reported EA H5 or H5N1 wild birds have been updated to EA/AM mixtures indicating North American segments have been identified. The marker color of these wild birds will be updated. Nebraska Lancaster 3/6/2022 EA/AM H5N1 Ross's Goose Wild bird mortality NDA (9) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds

1 H5N1 Ross's Goose Lancaster NE Nebraska Lancaster 3/6/2022 EA H5N1 Ross's Goose Wild bird mortality NDA (9) https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds