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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (07): USA (MT) wild duck, HPAI H5N2

Avian Influenza -- United StatesThe United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has detected the presence of Eurasian/North American reassortant H5N2 avian influenza in a wild mallard duck in Fergus County, Montana. No illness or mortalities in domestic poultry in the U.S. have been detected.The sample, taken from a hunter-harvested bird through routine surveillance, was tested at the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Read more [...]