USDA-APHIS Announces HPAI Outbreak in 750K California Broiler Flock Confirmed on October 16th
Further details from CDFA are awaited
While the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has not yet posted an update on their website, USDA-APHIS today posted results of HPAI testing showing confirmed HPAI last Thursday, October 16th, in a Tulare County Broiler flock:
Further details should be available soon, perhaps later today (given time zone differences) at the following site: CDFA - Animal Health - Avian Influenza (ca.gov)
Tulare County is the current epi-center of the H5N1 dairy cattle outbreak; however, we will await official details from CDFA before making further comments regarding circumstances related to this now nearly week-old outbreak.
John