The first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been reported in Yilan County in Taiwan.  The case involved 5,000 ducks infected with H5N1 strain.

Appropriate responses included quarantine and flock depletion.  Prior to the diagnosis, the flock showed reduced egg production and elevated mortality.

Previously infected poultry products have been apprehended at the Taiwan International Airport in the luggage of passengers arriving from Macau, but the Island Nation has not previously reported H5N1 HPAI infection among either commercial flocks or migratory birds.

Taiwan imported 206,270 metric tons of chicken from the U.S. valued at $248 million over the first ten months of 2022. This volume of trade has been threatened by imposition of statewide embargos on U.S. producers based on reports of HPAI in backyard flocks and commercial turkey and egg-producing flocks during the year