New Maryland, Delaware cases confirmed, 1 in broiler chickens


This article was updated to include information on new Delaware and Maryland cases.

Testing has confirmed two additional cases of Avian Influenza, with one in Maryland and another in Delaware joining Saturday’s case of highly pathogenic H5N1 on a Maryland poultry farm in Cecil County.

The latest positive cases were confirmed Wednesday by federal laboratory testing following an investigation by the Delaware and Maryland Departments of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory.

The first was found on a pullet operation in New Castle County, Delaware, and the other in a broiler flock in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland.

State officials have quarantined all affected premises, and birds on the properties are being or have been depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease.  The agencies involved in the investigation have also reiterated “birds from affected flocks will not enter the food system.”



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