Georgia’s $7.75 billion commercial poultry industry – one of the largest in the nation – was working Tuesday to keep bird flu from spreading after a case was confirmed in an operation in Elbert County.
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control, the current bird flu outbreak has caused 67 human cases of bird flu in the U.S. and one death associated with the virus.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture confirmed the second case of bird flu was also identified in Elbert County.
For the first time during the 2022-25 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak, the presence of the virus has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.
The first case of avian flu in a commercial poultry operation has been found, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Georgia has confirmed the first positive case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, in a commercial poultry operation, according to Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper.
Georgia officials announced Wednesday that a second commercial poultry flock in the state had been found with a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
Bird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.
A second commercial case of avian influenza, or the “bird flu,” has been confirmed in northeast Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.The disease was found in a commercial flock in Elbert County on Wednesday,
A second bird flu case has arisen in Georgia out of a poultry flock in Elbert County, state agriculture officials announced Wednesday morning. The announcement that a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been found in a second flock comes less than a week after the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced a case in a flock about 200 yards away from the newly confirmed case,
Georgia’s Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper said his department activated its emergency operations center on Thursday night.