The Delmarva Avian Influenza Joint Information Center has announced increased efforts in the First State to test for bird flu in sick and dead wild snow geese and other birds as cases of avian influenza continue to spread across Delmarva.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the extension of a contract with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) allowing for the safe disposal of dead wild birds as bird flu cases continue to spread in the region.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) has announced testing of a broiler flock in Kent County has resulted in the presumptive detection of H5 Avian Influenza, or bird flu.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is investigating whether a number of snow geese found dead in Sussex County Friday may have been victims to a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture says it has preliminarily found poultry from a Caroline County farm has been infected with highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu.