Here's what you need to know about your risk level in Mississippi and what counties have confirmed cases of avian flu in poultry and wild bird flocks. Know how what it is, where it is in ...

Most Mississippi outbreaks were in 2022 and 2023. Three were at single households and affected 50 or fewer birds. In February 2023, 89,800 poultry animals were in an outbreak in a Leake County ...

Where has avian flu been confirmed in Mississippi? According to the CDC, more than 10,852 wild birds have been confirmed to have H5N1. Almost 1,200 counties across the U.S. are affected.

The longest bird migration route in the Western Hemisphere flows south from Canada through Eastern Iowa, via the Mackenzie River, and south to the Mississippi Delta and the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

The introduction of H5N1 – the bird flu virus that’s been infecting dairy cows, commercial poultry, pet cats, wild animals and wild birds since March 2024 – into poultry and livestock ...

Mississippi state and federal officials have confirmed an outbreak of a strain of bird flu not reported in the U.S. since 2017, with quarantine and depopulation efforts already underway. In a ...

Waterfowl And Wild Bird Precautions For Avian Influenza Tuesday, December 17, 2024 ...

The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of H5N1 in humans in the U.S.