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Maine - Avian influenza in poultry 2025-2026

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Cumberland County, Maine
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestoc...za/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks
 
Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/08/homestead/farm-life/avian-influenza-maine-detection/

Penobscot County’s 1st case of bird flu confirmed
Elizabeth Walztoni 5 hours ago


​A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been detected in a flock of backyard birds in Penobscot County this month for the first time since it appeared in Maine almost four years ago.

The case of H5N1 was confirmed on Dec. 1, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, which reports cases by county and does not specify towns. Federal disease tracking data show the new case affected 90 birds and is one of the few known cases in eastern or northern Maine. Two flocks were affected in Hancock County in 2023, following two in Washington County the year before.

It’s only the third known detection in a backyard flock in Maine this year; the first two, in Cumberland County, were confirmed in February and affected about 110 birds. Statewide, health officials have raised the current risk level to high in response this month as the wild birds that typically spread the disease are migrating.​..
 
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