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BY ROY GRABER
ON NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Mississippi breeder flock is state’s first avian flu case
Case was confirmed in Lawrence County
Mississippi has had its first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry flock, with a broiler breeder flock affected.
The case was reported on November 5 by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH).
The agencies identified the affected flock as a commercial breeder chicken flock in Lawrence County, but neither agency at first specified whether they were broiler breeders or layer breeders. Two days later, APHIS verified that it was a broiler breeder flock and 34,900 birds were in the flock.
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