19.01.2015

A non-commercial 118-bird flock in Port Angeles, Washington, infected with highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza, was euthanized. The flock’s owner recently sold birds that were introduced to a flock in Neah Bay, also in Clallam County on the Olympic Peninsula. Birds in that flock tested negative for avian influenza. The flock was the third in Washington to fall victim to highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza. The two other flocks, which are about 9 miles apart in Benton County, remain under quarantine.