Bird Flu is Back – Flock Owners Need to Double Down on Biosecurity Now!

State Agriculture Department reaching out to flock owners to help them protect their birds

ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture is alerting all poultry owners and growers to double down on all biosecurity practices now that a highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza (HPAI) virus has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana.

“I have been saying that bird flu would return, and it was a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if,’” said Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. “Avian flu is back and even though it is not yet in Maryland, that means ‘when’ is now.” Read more.