HPAI in 2022 looks different than in 2015

Not since 2015 has an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) impacted the commercial poultry industry to such a degree that turkey prices have soared to all-time highs and egg prices have broken record highs three times with a potential to achieve a fourth record before yearend. But there are some stark differences between this year’s HPAI outbreak and the one that occurred seven years ago. In the prior outbreak, HPAI was detected in 211 commercial operations (160 commercial turkey flocks and 50 egg laying facilities plus one other commercial category) and 21 backyard flocks that resulted in the depopulation of more than 50 million birds. Read more