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Definitely time to keep your birds inside!!! So far only on the eastern flyway. So far.
Mary
Mary
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https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...e-information/avian/avian-influenza/2022-hpai
This link shows all 90 confirmed cases from SC, NC, VA, and FL
Thank you for the link I hadn't been following, in the assumption that it was north of here, and AL (or, more likely, GA) would join the list first.https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...e-information/avian/avian-influenza/2022-hpai
This link shows all 90 confirmed cases from SC, NC, VA, and FL
I can only assume that they believe the original infection occured in either the far eastern or a more southerly portion of the flyway, where fewer migratory paths overlap?Apparently, HPAI has not been reported in GA yet. I found this-
https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/l...cle_33b0fb65-6807-5ec6-944a-dbdb476911d8.html
According to this, it appears to me they are only looking in the Atlantic and Pacific flyways for AI.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_h...-bird-ai-surveillance-implementation-plan.pdf
I don't understand why, when they mention the mixing of birds in the southern and northern parts of the flyways???
Colleton County SC is only about fifty miles from the GA state line. Those wigeon hug the coast as they migrate up and down and they move further south in a colder winter. It hasn't been reported in GA but it's already there. Probably Florida too.Apparently, HPAI has not been reported in GA yet. I found this-