Less than one week after highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) struck a commercial upland gamebird operation in Alabama, the virus has struck the first commercial poultry flock. According to information from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 47,900 commercial broiler breeder pullets in Marshall County on November 2.

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