HPAI Outbreak Creeps Westward with First Case in Central Flyway
This detection of HPAI in a wild goose species in Nebraska marks the furthest west case and first case in a Central Flyway state.
This detection of HPAI in a wild goose species in Nebraska marks the furthest west case and first case in a Central Flyway state.
Two studies point to live mammals sold at the Huanan Wholesale Market as the source.
Another eastern state has detected domestic cases of the virus affecting both wild and domestic rabbits.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has recently been detected in both wild and domestic birds in multiple states across the U.S.
The National Veterinary Services Laboratory has confirmed a case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Louisiana white-tailed deer.
State and Federal partners are working jointly on additional surveillance and testing in areas around the affected flocks.
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The area was under heightened surveillance following detection of CWD in neighboring Mississippi.