OIE: US can declare itself free of H5N2 avian influenza
No new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed in more than 5 months The highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza outbreak that first struck the United States in December 2014 and continued to affect U.S. poultry flocks through June is considered to be resolved, according to the the
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
According to a recent OIE report, the H5N2
avian influenza outbreaks in Arkansas, California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin are now ?final, closed, and resolved.? OIE further stated that in accordance with its Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.4, the U.S. has completely fulfilled the necessary actions and surveillance requirements to self-declare itself free of H5N2 avian influenza...
