More cases of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been reported across the U.S.
In California, 40,000 birds were lost after an outbreak at a commercial game bird producer. In Tennessee, nearly 30,000 birds were lost at a commercial poultry facility and nearly 250,000 birds were killed after the virus hit a facility in Colorado.
So far this year, more than 3,000 wild birds have been killed due to HPAI along with a record-breaking 53 million domestic birds.
According to APHIS, the only state that has not seen an outbreak this year is West Virginia.
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