The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in five more states across the country after officials warned that the recent outbreaks could see Americans paying more for poultry.
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said in a March 30 news release that the cases have been confirmed in a commercial poultry farm in Johnston County, North Carolina, and in noncommercial backyard flocks in Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Kidder County, North Dakota; Franklin County, Ohio; and Johnson County, Wyoming.
