Avian influenza detections again on the rise in CO and the nation

The threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza is still fully present across Colorado and the country. With multiple new detections in Colorado recently, the Colorado State Veterinarian’s Office is continuing to promote biosecurity practices as the best method to prevent the introduction of the disease fatal to birds and poultry.

HPAI is a highly contagious foreign animal disease that is fatal in domestic poultry. Wild birds serve as a reservoir for HPAI and can spread these viruses to poultry.  

“Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza are on the rise again across the country as migratory birds start their seasonal movement south. Right now it’s critical that Colorado’s backyard and commercial poultry flock owners keep up the biosecurity measures they have been implementing since the beginning of the outbreak this spring,” said Colorado state veterinarian Dr. Maggie Baldwin. 

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