USDA Confirms Additional Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Finds in Wild Birds (SC, NC, VA , MD, NH, DE, KY, CT, AL, MA, SD, NE, KS, MO, IL, OH, PA, MI, CO, WI, WY, OK, VT, ME, GA, NY & MT)

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Source: https://kcby.com/news/nation-world/m...vian-flu-in-us

Montana wild turkeys first turkeys to die of avian flu in U.S.
by Jonathan MayFriday, April 29th 2022

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Wild turkeys found dead in Montana are the first turkeys known in the United States to die of the avian flu.

The dead turkeys were found near MSU Billings.

The person who found the first turkey originally thought it had been hit by a car. After noticing another turkey dead in the same area, the next day, he called FWP.

Game wardens then collected three of the dead birds and found they were positive for the highly pathogenic avian flu.

“People need to be aware that it is in their neighborhoods, and that it is in birds, and it does affect all birds. So eventually, songbirds could even get it,” FWP information and education program manager Bob Gibson said...

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H5N1 Bird Flu Detections across the United States (Wild Birds)

Updated May 10, 2022
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Summary

Birds Detected
1,112

States Affected
36

Counties Affected
254

Counties Affected

Instructions: Counties in which bird flu has been detected in wild birds are marked in purple. On the map, select a state that has an outbreak to zoom in. More information is available about bird flu detections in wild birds by hovering over with the mouse (desktop) or tapping (mobile) the affected county.
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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/dat...ild-birds.html

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Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission

Avian Influenza
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Florida by County – updated 5/9/2022




Current distribution by county of HPAI cases in wild birds in Florida January 2022 to present.

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https://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/health/avian/influenza/

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Please see a separate new thread for Florida. I copied all the Florida posts on this thread to the new one:

FL: 2022 Bird flu in wild birds

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