HPAI Isolated from Migratory Scaup on the Eastern Shore. Outbreak in Turkeys in Indiana

In a February 8th release APHIS disclosed isolation and confirmation of an H5N1 avian influenza virus from a Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) sampled in Kent County, MD. adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. The virus expressed a genome of Eurasian origin similar to isolates from migratory waterfowl obtained through an ongoing APHIS surveillance program along the Atlantic flyway. Maryland joins the Carolinas, Virginia and Florida in reporting H5N1 with obvious implications for poultry producers along the entire Eastern Seaboard.

See posting below on the HPAI outbreak in growing turkeys in Dubois County Indiana.